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HTS Volume 57, Number 1&2 (2001): Recent submissions

  • Sintaktiese binding van JJETO: xapac in Kolossense 1:11 : 'n strukturele motivering 
    Roberts, J.H. (John Henry), 1934- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The study deals with the question whether fJ£Tcl xapat: in Colossians 1:11 is linked to what precedes or follows it. In trying to answer the question the motivations given for either choice are scrutinised while the use ...
  • "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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Socio-rhetorical interpretation : theoretical points of departure 
    Van Eck, Ernest (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    In the past two decades, narrative criticism (narratology) and social-scientific criticism have come to the fore as the two most prominent new methodologies to be associated with gospel research. When these two methodologies ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • "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 ...