Browsing HTS Volume 57, Number 1&2 (2001) by Issue Date

Browsing HTS Volume 57, Number 1&2 (2001) by Issue Date

Sort by: Order: Results:

  • Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk in 1899 
    Botha, S.J. (Schalk Jacobus), 1936- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The question is posed what the situation of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Church was at the eve of the second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1901. To be able to answer this question, attention is focused on certain aspects of the history ...
  • Son-of-God traditions in the Synoptic Gospels : Ferdinand Hahn's diachronic perspective 
    Dreyer, Yolanda (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    This study makes use of Ferdinand Hahn's insights (with Son of God as case study) to indicate how the naming of Jesus developed in stages. It is shown that the name Son of God was not used by Jesus. It functioned within ...
  • Apokaliptiek en eskatologie : die verband en onderskeid volgens Walter Schmithals 
    Boshoff, Piet B. (Petrus Benjamin) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The article unfolds the development from the apocalyptic view of life to the eschatological one, as seen by Walter Schmithals. The historical Jesus was part of the apocalyptic movement. The message of the early church ...
  • The dichotomization of the christological paradox in the history of Christian thought and critical biblical scholarship 
    Waetjen, Herman C. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    Again and again throughout the history of Christian thought theological apologetics has dissolved the great ironic paradox of Jesus Christ into binary oppositions. In these historical contexts cultural relevancy has ...
  • Probleem van hoe die Verkondiger die Verkondigde geword het : die bydrae van Rudolf Bultmann 
    Van Wyk, D.J.C. (Daniel Johannes Cornelius) (jr) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The transmission of Jesus' message by the earliest Christian communities evolved into the synoptic tradition. In this process, the proclamation of Jesus was expanded. According to Rudolf Bultmann, the question of how the ...
  • Apokaliptiek en millennialisme : die relevansie van die begrip "duisendjarige vredesryk" vir vandag 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.); Groenewald, Jonanda (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    With the turn of the century it once again became clear that apocalypticism and millennialism are important themes. At the dawn of a new millennium the expectancy arises that the end of the world is at hand. Apocalypticism ...
  • Monoteisme en geweld : 'n perspektief op die standpunt van J. Assmann 
    Breytenbach, A.P.B. (Andries Petrus Bernardus), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The problem of monotheism and violence, as put forward by Assmann in a recent article "Monotheismus und Ikonoklasmus als politische Theologie", is addressed. Violence in a religious context more often than not emanates ...
  • Postmoderniteit : krisis of uitdaging? Die rol van teoloë se Skrifbeskouing 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    Theologians see the postmodern era either as a crisis or a challenge, depending on their view of Scripture and on the roots of the postmodern era. This is illustrated by contrasting the views of Johan Janse van Rensburg ...
  • Doop as ritueel van status-transformasie 
    Van Staden, Piet (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    Rituals are social mechanisms that have the very important function of effecting transitions in social and/or religious roles and status. Such transitions can be both internal and external in nature. Rituals should be ...
  • Paraatmaking teen immoraliteit in 'n post-modernistiese samelewing : 'n hermeneuse van 2 Petrus 1:12-15 
    Breed, Douw G.; Van Rensburg, Fika J. (Johan Jacob Janse)., 1951-; Janse van Rensburg, F.J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    Under the influence of postmodernism the moral autonomy of man is at present strongly accentuated and society more and more evinces the characteristics of this perspective. This article on 2 Peter 1:12-15 argues that it ...
  • The purpose of 1 Thessalonians 
    Cornelius, Elma M. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The purpose of a text is related to its rhetorical genre, but it is important to realise that genre is more than the form and function of discourse. Genre derives from and is related to the author's motive in responding ...
  • "Law and Gospel" in the Pentateuch organisation 
    Loader, J.A. (James Alfred), 1945- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    Both the structure of the overarching literary blocks in the Pentateuch (primarily containing either narrative or legal material) and the unfolding of its story line attest to the fact that the legal sections in the ...
  • Acts 17:27 - "that they might feel after him and find ... " 
    Van Tilborg, Sjef; Tilborg, Sjef van (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The aim of this article is to investigate the allusion to the possibility of touching God (t/RlAatPacu) in Paul's Areopagus speech (Acts 17:27). The article aims at assessing the Lukan notion of God's nearness in space ...
  • The mystery of the missing core in Pauline theology : the case for a multi-dimensional interpretation with reference to J H Roberts and J C Beker 
    Loubser, J.A. (Johannes Albertus), 1949- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    This article analyses features concerning the search for a centre for Pauline theology and indicates why such an endeavour is better carried out within the context of multi-dimensional scriptural exegesis. The text theory ...
  • The "cause of Jesus" (Sache Jesu) as the Canon behind the Canon 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    God, and not the Bible as such, is the church's primary authority. Jesus of Nazareth is the manifestation of God in history. In a post-Aufkllirung environment one cannot escape the demand to think historically. To discern ...
  • "Sit u hier maar gaan staan jy daar" : kantaantekeninge by Jakobus 2:1-4 
    Van der Watt, J.G. (Jan Gabriel), 1952- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The question is what the speaker in James 2:2-3 intended when he said that the rich man may sit "here" on a good place, but that the poor man must stand over "there" or may sit "under" his footstool. It is argued that ...
  • "Saam een liggaam" (1 Kor 10:17) - Deelname van kinders aan die nagmaal 
    Buitendag, Johan (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The conclusion of the article is that Holy Communion should include infants. When the broader framework of theologizing happens to be the covellant, this possibility becomes an imperative. Children - together with others ...
  • The social setting of the Matthean community : new paths for an old journey 
    Sim, David C. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The scholarly debate about the social setting of the Matthean community has largely focused on the single but complex issue of the relationship between the Matthean community and the Jewish world. In the last decade, ...
  • God's household and the poor in contextual ecclesiology 
    Vos, C.J.A. (Casparus Johannes Adam), 1945- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    As a consequence of the bipolar tension between theory and practice, experience (considered in the South African context) influences the church's reflection on Practical Theology. Insight into the economic system of the ...
  • Oop en vry teologiese debat met werklike diepgang 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.); Pelser, G.M.M. (Gerhardus Marthinus Maritz) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    This article reflects a conversation between Andries G van Aarde and Gert Pelser. G M M Pelser was professor of New Testament at the University of Pretoria from 1972 to 2001. The following issues were discussed: the ...