HTS Volume 56, Number 1 (2000)

HTS Volume 56, Number 1 (2000)

 

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  • Godsbegrippe en die funksie van metafore in die rousmartproses 
    Smith, Willem Jacobus; Dreyer, Theunis Frederik Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    This article attempts to give new meaning to the discussion of "grief," "metaphors" and "images of God" in such a way that new meaning of life within grief becomes a spiritual way of living, a life coram Deo. It is argued ...
  • Pastoraat in rousmart as bewuste kommunikasie van die emosies van rousmart 
    Smith, Willem Jacobus; Dreyer, Theunis Frederik Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    From the perspective of pastoral care and counselling, one often finds that people experience a lack of meaning in their lives when confronted with grief. The salvation through Jesus Christ, and the way it is incorporated ...
  • Unieke nuansering van "die dag van die Here" in 2 Petrus en die eskatologiese gerigtheid van die dokument 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The aim of this study is to show the eschatological focus of 2 Peter, which is of primary importance for understanding the contents of the document. Specifically, the unique understanding of the day of the Lord enhances ...
  • A research proposal for a new commentary on John 
    Landon, Charles (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The author offers a research proposal for a new commentary on the Gospel of John, provisionally entitled An Internal Textual Commentary on John, Part I: A Commentary on the Apparatus to NA27; Part II: A Selective Commentary ...
  • Analogiese taal by Bultmann in die lig van die kennissosiologie 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    Bultmann 's approach to analogical language, or as he put it, mythological language,was to demythologise it. Reaction to his demythologising program was largely negative, as it seemed radical to many. This study shows that ...
  • Redekritiese aansprake van 'n negatief-dialektiese teologie 
    Beukes, Johann; Beukes, C.J. (Cornelius Johannes) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    From the premise of a critique of instrumental rationality, this article explores some consequences of such a critique for church and theology. The author finds an intimate relation between the philosophical critiques of ...
  • Nuwe psalmomdigting in Afrikaans : uitgangspunte, beleid, probleme 
    Kloppers, Elsabe (Elizabeth Catharina) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    For almost twenty years a commission of the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch Reformed churches has been working on a new metricm Psalter. The policy of versifying the Biblical texts is rigid and in many instances theologically ...
  • Refleksie op twee pastorale modelle, Deel 2 : Die pastor as luisteraar - die storiemodel 
    Dreyer, Yolanda (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    This study focuses on pastoral interaction with women. Pastoral care and counselling with women takes place within hierarchical societal and church structures. In such societies those higher up in the hierarchy exercise ...
  • Sosiologiese en antropologiese insigte en die studie van die Hebreeuse Bybel : 'n bestekopname 
    Kruger, Paul Albertus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    This article reviews the main trends in the social-scientific study of the Hebrew Bible. It focuses on the following central issues: the theoretical principles underlying this approach, anthropologists and the Hebrew Bible, ...
  • The sword motif in Matthew 10:34 
    Sim, David C. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    In Matthew 10:34 Jesus utters a very difficult saying. He claims that he has not come to bring peace, but a sword. The form of this saying does not trace back to the historical Jesus; it is the product of Matthew's ...
  • The Second Letter to the Thessalonians re-read as Pseudepigraph 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The purpose of this study is to suggest a socio-historical frame of reference within which 2 Thessalonians may have communicated meaningfully with its intended readers. The question of the historical background of 2 ...
  • Waarom Jesus-studies? 
    Geyser, Piet A. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    Present-day historical Jesus studies are the epistemological product of what has become known as the New Historicism. The aim of the article is to emphasize two aspects of the New Historicism as epistemological approach. ...
  • Funksie van ruimte in die reisverhale in 1 Henog 12-36 
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    Using the theories of Malbon and Van Eck on the functional use of space in narratives, a narrative analysis is presented of Enoch's account of three journeys in 1 Enoch 12-36. In the microsocial world of these narratives ...