Browsing HTS Volume 54, Number 1&2 (1998) by Issue Date

Browsing HTS Volume 54, Number 1&2 (1998) by Issue Date

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  • Sosiale kruisigingsteks(te) van 11Q Tempel 64.6-13: 'n ondersoek na intertekstualiteit 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.); Geyser, Anna Barbara (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    This article asks certain questions about the assumption that Israelites did not use crucifixion as a penalty. It more specifically looks at the post-exilic era to 100 CE and focuses on two crucifixion texts from the Dead ...
  • Faithful and the rulers : Calvin's two sermons of 1554 on 1 Timothy 2: 1-2 
    Pont, A.D. (Adriaan Drost), 1927- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    In this study Calvin's two sermons on 1 Timothy 2:1-2 are examined and the contents briefly analysed. The conclusion is drawn that Calvin is not giving a treatise on the biblical doctrine on princes and rulers, but ...
  • Teodiseevraag: 'n antwoord vanuit 'n pastorale perspektief 
    De Kock, Petri; Koekemoer, J.H. (Johannes Hendrik), 1935- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    A fundamental aspect of the problem of theodicy is the experience of God's action as at times unfair, a perception at home especially in a situation of human suffering. God's redemptive action in and through his Son ...
  • Martin Luther se leer oor die doop volgens sy De Captivitate Babylonica Ecclesiae praeludium van 1520 
    Pont, A.D. (Adriaan Drost), 1927- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    In this study Luther's doctrine on baptism, as found in his 'De captivitate Babylonica ecclesiae praeludium' of 1520 is studied. This is not an exhaustive study of Luther's complete doctrine on baptism. It only explores ...
  • Future tasks of the international Calvin research 
    Neuser, W.H. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    With the word international, we think specifically of the worldwide research on Calvin. The term international also points to the international Calvin Congresses, of which, until now, six have been held. At the Congresses ...
  • Appendix: The Dutch translation of Calvin' s sermon on predestination on 18 December 1551 (CO 8, 89-119.) 
    Neuser, W.H. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
  • Wortels en agtergronde van Hervormde teologie en kerkwees in Suid-Afrika 
    Van Wyk, D.J.C. (Daniel Johannes Cornelius) (sr) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    After investigating researches and publications on the ethical direction taken by Dutch theology in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, J A Loader came to the conclusion that this direction is an important ...
  • Koers(e) van die Afrikaner in die geskiedenis 
    Dreyer, Petrus Secundus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    When speaking of the direction of a people, the term direction has the meaning of a relatively stable trend or course over a relatively long period of the history of the majority of that people. The problem discussed in ...
  • Het hart van de kerk 
    Bos, Gys (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    Abraham Kuyper accused the so-called 'ethische' theologians that they only pretended to be Calvinists because the doctrine of predestination did not figure as a central point of their thinking. In this paper the answer of ...
  • J.S. Semler (1725-1791) se beskouing van geskiedenis, kerkgeskiedenis en heilsgeskiedenis - 'n verkenning 
    Pretorius, Christo; Botha, S.J. (Schalk Jacobus), 1936- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    Johan Solomon Semler introduced a new understanding of Scripture through his view of history. This article tries to indicate that the scheme according to which he viewed history is one based on the distination between ...
  • Jesus' father: The quest for the historical Joseph 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    This article aims at demonstrating the historical probability that Joseph, the father of Jesus, should be regarded as a legendary figure. It seems that the Joseph figure is modelled after the patriarch in the First ...
  • Betekenis van kerkgeskiedenis vir vandag 
    Botha, S.J. (Schalk Jacobus), 1936- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    The topic is discussed on the basis of three questions: What is Church history? Does Church history have any meaning? and, Is it really necessary for the present generation to communicate with the past?
  • Calvin on preaching 
    Schulze, L.F. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    After introducing the congregation of Geneva to whom Calvin preached, the topic of this paper is discussed under the headings of three questions namely: Why did he preach? How did he preach? and, What did he preach? By ...
  • Significance of Calvin' s anthropology for preaching on ethical themes 
    Lategan, Laetus O.K., 1965- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    In this article the author highlights Calvin's anthropology. A main feature of this anthropology is his dualistic view on man. Calvin was very much influenced by the ancient Greek philosophy, which argued that man had two ...
  • Woord van God by Luther 
    Van Wyk, I.W.C. (Ignatius William Charles) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    This paper attempts to show that Martin Luther is much more than a great personality from the past. He is in fact an important theological father of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk. Our theology must be understood from ...
  • Report on the seminar: an investigation of Calvin' s principles of Biblical interpretation 
    Armstrong, B.G. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    This article serves as a report on the seminar on 'Calvin the Preacher', held at the University of Pretoria during the Fifth South-African Congress of Calvin Research. In the seminar, where various examples of Calvin ...
  • Calvin the preacher: his explanation of the doctrine of predestination in the sermon of 1551 and in the Institutes of 1559 
    Neuser, W.H. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    In this study, Calvin 's famous sermon on eternal election of 1551 is discussed and compared to his treatment of the doctrine in his Institutes, 1559. This is a necessary study, never undertaken before, of the correlation ...
  • Ds. C. Spoelstra en die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk 
    Du Bruin, C.J.; Botha, S.J. (Schalk Jacobus), 1936- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    The interrelationship between 'Rev C Spoelstra and the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk' is studied from three different perspectives: Spoelstra with or as part of the church (a positive relationship). Secondly, there is the ...
  • Perspectives on the doctrine of providence in some of Calvin' s sermons on Job 
    Potgieter, Pieter C. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    It is quite remarkable that Calvin addresses himself to the providence of God not only in his 'theological' works (eg Institutes), but particularly also in his more 'popular' works, for instance his correspondence ...
  • God's servant working for your own good: notes from modern South Africa on Calvin's commentary on Romans 13: 1-7 and the state 
    Strauss, P.J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    This article aims at demonstrating that Calvin's grasp of the message of Romans 13 in its reference to the state is highly relevant for the present South Africa. This includes the belief that the authority of rulers is ...