Browsing HTS Volume 57, Number 1&2 (2001) by Type "Article"

Browsing HTS Volume 57, Number 1&2 (2001) by Type "Article"

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  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Drie probleemareas in gebed : 'n perspektief vanuit die Nuwe Testament 
    Van Zyl, Hermie C. (Hermias Cornelius) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    Three problem areas that may cause prayer to be experienced as futile, are discussed. The areas are: the omniscience, will and omnipotence of God. Several texts in (primarily) the New Testament are treated. The article ...
  • 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 ...
  • Godsdienshistoriese agtergrond van die Nuwe Testament : kommentaar op 'n onlangse publikasie 
    Thom, Johan C. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The religio-historic background of the NT is of cardinal importance for its interpretation; however, it is far from easy for New Testament scholars to attain a thorough knowledge of this background. What is needed is not ...
  • Jesus van die geskiedenis : hermeneutiese uitgangspunte in die ondersoek van J P Meier 
    Geyser, Piet A. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The aim of this article is to reflect on the hermeneutical premises in the historical Jesus research of JP Meier. Of the intended three volumes two of Meier's books on Jesus have been published: A marginal Jew: Rethinking ...
  • John the purifier : his immersion and his death 
    Chilton, Bruce J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    This article aims at arguing that John the Baptist's role in the Synoptic Gospels is both catechetical and christological. John points the way forward to believers' baptism after the manner of Jesus. John's preaching of ...
  • Kanon in die kanon 
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The reductionist trend of the notion of a canon in the canon is radically changed in a postmodern era. A modernist hegemonic notion of canon shifted towards a contextually based inter subjective dialogue between reader ...
  • Kommunikasie van die gelykenis van die barmhartige Samaritaan in konteks 
    Scheffler, Eben (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    In this article the communication of the parable of the good Samaritan is investigated with regard to various readers and contexts. Emloying narratological categories the parable is firstly considered as story at face ...
  • "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 ...
  • A model NOT to be imitated? : recent criticisms of Paul 
    Strijdom, Johan (Johannes Matthys) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    In this article recent criticisms of Paul are summarised under the headings of ethnicity (Mack), social class (Theissen), gender (Wire) and homoeroticism (Nissinen). Horsley's positive appraisal of Paul's anti-imperial ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...