Browsing HTS Volume 56, Number 4 (2000) by Type "Article"

Browsing HTS Volume 56, Number 4 (2000) by Type "Article"

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  • Are the "nations" present in Matthew? 
    Jackson, Glenna S. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    Traditionally, Matthew 28:16-20 has been placed in the context of a mandate to Christianize the world. This study attempts to ascertain if the gentile women in the geneology and the Canaanite woman near the center of ...
  • Besinning oor die interpretasie van die geloof wat in die belydenis van die maagdelike verwekking van Jesus geleer word 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The aim of this article is to reflect on the hermeneutical premises related to doctrinal criticism. The dogma of the virginal conception of Jesus as recorded in the Heidelberg Catechism and the Belgic Confession serves as ...
  • Bultmann se ontmitologiseringsprogram herwaardeer 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The kerygma of the New Testament is depicted in the mythological language of a bygone mythological world-view. Bultmann suggested that demythologisation is necessary in order to explore the true Existenzverstandniss ...
  • The complete gospel : Jesus and women via the Jesus Seminar 
    Jackson, Glenna S. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    Playing on the title of the Jesus Seminar's first major publication, The Complete Gospels, this study uses the database of the Jesus Seminar to stitch together the story of Jesus as it appears in the gospel narratives that ...
  • Filosofiese vraagstelling na Anderswees in die kerk 
    Beukes, C.J. (Cornelius Johannes) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    Employing the critical perspectives of philosophers Theodor Adorno and Michel Foucault, this article explores some consequences of the philosophical problem of Otherness within the social realm of the church. The author ...
  • Forgiving is a way of healing : theological approximations 
    Muller-Fahrenholz, Geiko (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    By interpreting a contemporary forgiveness story this article seeks to provide a fresh understanding of the classical penitential theology in "non-religious" terms (D Bonhoeffer). The "exegesis" of the story shows that ...
  • Gabriel Marcel se lewe en werk as agtergrond van sy nadering tot God, Deel 2 
    Wolff, Ernst (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    Having described Marcel's biography and the character of his thought, Part 2 of this essay continues by expounding the main themes of his philosophy. Firstly the nature and limits of human thought in relation to existence ...
  • Hermeneutiese uitgangspunte in historiese Jesus navorsing : metodologiese vooronderstellings 
    Geyser, Piet A. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The focus of this article is the presuppositions concerning the interpretation of the New Testament with reference to historical Jesus studies. Regarding the rhetorics of a text, communication conventions are discussed and ...
  • Historiese agtergrond en ontwikkeling van die Proponentsondertekeningsformule in die Reformatoriese tradisie 
    Botha, S.J. (Schalk Jacobus), 1936- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The origin and the development of the tradition in the Reformed churches of binding all candidates for the ministry to the confession of faith as it is expressed in both the ecumenical and reformed confessions, by expecting ...
  • The institutionalization of Jesus' charismatic authority: "Son of Man" as case study 
    Dreyer, Yolanda (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    This article argues that Jesus used the expression "son of man" not in a titular way, but generically, meaning "humankind". This use of "son of man" developed into a titular usage in which Jesus is identified with "Son of ...
  • Is the woman in the Song of Songs really that free? 
    Ndoga, Sampson S.; Viviers, Hendrik (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The Song of Songs has often been treated as a platform for feminist liberationist causes. This study aims to re-examine some feminist ideological readings of the Song of Songs. Although feminist scholars insist that the ...
  • Kerke in Rwanda : skandes en uitdagings - en lesse vir Suid-Afrika 
    Meiring, Piet (Pieter Gerhard Jacobus), 1941- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The author, one of a team of South Africans invited to Rwanda to advise the newly appointed Unity and Reconciliation Commission, gives an overview of the political developments that led to the bloody genocide (February-April ...
  • Mark 14:62 : substantial compendium of New Testament christology 
    Loba-Mkole, Jean-Claude (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The confession in Mark 14:62 seems to be the most ,comprehensive Christological compendium of a very early Christian community. This passage reveals Jesus' identity as the Christ, Son of God and Son of man. It has a ...
  • Proponentsondertekeningsformule van die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika 
    Botha, S.J. (Schalk Jacobus), 1936- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    This article presents research on the way the tradition of the Reformed Churches according to which candidate ministers have to sign a formula, found its way into the Nederduitsch Hervormde Church, and on the degree to ...
  • Rol van die Ou Testament in die ordening van die samelewing by A.A.van Ruler 
    Hertzog, Colin; Breytenbach, A.P.B. (Andries Petrus Bernardus), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    This study considers A A van Ruler's position with regard to theological themes like eschatology, theocracy, torah and volkskerk. It endeavours to grasp Van Ruler's understanding of the Old Testament as the norm for ...
  • A Sitz for the Gospel of Mark? A critical reaction to Bauckham's theory on the universality of the Gospels 
    Van Eck, Ernest (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The aim of this paper is to evaluate the article by Richard Bauckham, in which he challenges the current consensus in New Testament scholarship that the gospels were written for and addressed to specific believing ...
  • Twee onversoenbare konstrukte in resente historiese Jesus-navorsing : R W Funk en W Schmithals 
    Van Wyk, D.J.C. (Daniel Johannes Cornelius) (jr) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The article discusses the similarities and differences between the work of Robert Funk and Walter Schmithals with regard to the discontinuity between the pre-Easter Jesus of history and the post-Easter Jesus of faith. The ...
  • Vrou as beeld van God : vanaf die Reformasie tot die twintigste eeu 
    Dreyer, Yolanda (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The purpose of this article is to trace how woman has been represented in the history of theology, in the period stretching from the Renaissance to the feminist movement of the twentieth century, as the image of God. The ...
  • Wanneer klop jy jou pyp op jou velskoen uit? Oor stories en kultuurkritiek 
    Wolff, Ernst (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    This essay proposes a frame of reference in which the culture critical introspection of a community can be understood. A critical exposition of elements of the philosophies of Jeismann, Kuhn, Gadamer and Lyotard is developed ...