• Belief in God among South African youth and its relation to their religious socialization and praxis 

  Pieterse, Hendrik J.C. (Hennie); Van der Ven, Johannes A.; Dreyer, Jaco S. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  This article investigates belief in God among 538 students from standard 9 who attend Anglican and Catholic schools in the Johannesburg/ Pretoria region, and relates this belief to the students' religious socialization and ...
• Fictional transfiguration of Jesus : images of Jesus in literature 

  Du Toit, C.W. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  Over the years the literary world has been one of the most productive and creative sources of Jesus interpretation. This article gives an overview of some aspects of developments in this field with reference to the African ...
• Jesus and cultural values : family life as an example 

  Osiek, Carolyn (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  'Family values' is a set of traditional images that most cultures collect, images drawn mostly from an idealized picture of family life in the recent past. For Christians, the popular image of Jesus gets included: the Holy ...
• Voorstellings van Batseba : intertekstualiteit in literêre kuns, beeldende kuns en werklikheid 

  Bezuidenhout, L.C. (Louis Christiaan) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  Interesting parallels between literary and visual arts exist. A text may possess visuality, while visual arts may possess textuality. In this paper, the interrelations between the literary description of the story of ...
• Liefde in die familie van God. 'n Beskrywende uiteensetting van familiale liefdesverhoudinge in die Johannesevangelie 

  Van der Watt, J.G. (Jan Gabriel), 1952- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  Love is the central ethical term in John's Gospel. The meaning of the term is often misunderstood. This article investigates the use of the term in John's Gospel, especially within its familial context. It is established that, ...
• Verkenning van postmodernisme en 'n ekskurs op Daniel 7-12 

  Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  This orientation to the contents and meaning of postmodenism, investigating its relation to poststructuralism and its literary implications for exegesis, proposes that Daniel 7-12 can be read as sub- or minor narratives.
• Aposunagogos se invloed op die geskrifte van die Nuwe Testament volgens Walter Schmithals 

  Boshoff, Piet B. (Petrus Benjamin) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  The essay puts the view of Schmithals of the historical circumstances behind a great part of the writings of the New Testament. He makes 'aposunagogos' the terminus technicus referring to what happened in the background. ...
• Interpreting the Bible in the 'new' South Africa : remarks on some problems and challenges 

  Human, Dirk J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  The Bible plays an important role in South African society. The interpretation of this book within or outside the Christian community has become an increaslingly major source of debate. It has been used and misused in ...
• Teologieë as gevaarlike mensemaaksels : Burton Mack se evaluasie van vroeg-Christelike mites 

  Strijdom, Johan (Johannes Matthys) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  After an introductory explication of the social approach to myths/theologies and a consideration of the ethical urgency for such a humanistic strategy, this article offers a systematic survey of Burton Mack's incisive ...
• 'Einde is hier!' tekstuele strategie en historiese verstaan in die Judasbrief 

  Joubert, Stephan Jacobus, 1958- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  After a brief discussion of the performative functions of persuasive discourse in general, the socio-historical context of the letter of Jude is constructed. This is followed by a literary analysis of the rhetorical strategies ...
• Tomasevangelie : inleidende opmerkings 

  Van Eck, Ernest (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  The aim of this article is to present to South-African theologians, ministers and believers, in fairly popular fashion, the current debate in regard to some aspects of the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas. Attention is given ...
• Transformerende riglyne vir die kerk uit Lukas 14 : mense is belangriker as reels en grense 

  Van Staden, Piet (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  It has been shown by scholars that Mediterranean culture of the first century exhibits certain distinctive characteristics in personality type and in concomitant social behaviour. Generally speaking, Mediterranean people ...
• Kerkleiding in die een en twintigste eeu 

  Beukes, M.J. du P. (Mattheus Johannes du Plessis) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  The view of church members relating to the roll of the church, roll overloading and different roll expectations have caused new thinking in the church leadership with a view on the twenty first century. This new thinking ...
• Akademiese protokol in die teologiese wetenskap 

  Steenkamp, L.J.S. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  Academic protocol in theological science determines the guidelines according to which the theologian applies theology as science. There is an inevitable interaction between the theological practice of science and Christian ...
• Missionêre gerigtheid van die kerk 

  Van der Merwe, J.C. (Jacobus Christiaan); Beukes, M.J. du P. (Mattheus Johannes du Plessis) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  Statistics show that the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika is not growing. The basic cause of this situation seems to be that the Church is not spending enough of its efforts and energy on being a missionary church, ...
• Oorspronge van die belydenis 'Jesus is God' in die vroegste Christendom : 'n ondersoek na metodes en kriteria 

  Van Wyk, D.J.C. (Daniel Johannes Cornelius) (jr) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  In this study an argument is made for reopening the debate on one of the most central and crucial confessions of Christianity, namely 'Jesus is God'. In current Christological research there is an apparent discepancy concerning ...
• 'Sondaars' in die tyd van Jesus 

  Pienaar, Henk (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  The hypothesis which is investigated in this article is that the expression 'sinners' is to be seen as a label for those people who were not socially accommodated within Israelite society in the time of Jesus. This ostracism ...
• Continued importance of Jesus 

  Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  The different aspects of the influential nature of Jesus' life were handed down only after his death by those who met God on the basis of the traditions with regard to Jesus. The historical Jesus is therefore to be ...
• Herfsfees en die koningsrite by Bet-El as interteks van Amos 7: 1 0-8: 14 en Hosea 9: 1-9 

  Breytenbach, A.P.B. (Andries Petrus Bernardus), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  It is argued that a text from the Samaritan Liturgy which describes a royal rite at Bethel on the last day of the autumnal festival, represents a reliable tradition. This text, as well as Deuteronomy 26:2-15 to which ...
• Ecclesiastical situation of the first generation Roman Christians 

  Du Toit, Andrie B. (Andreas B.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)

  Forming part of a trilogy about the first generation Roman Christians, this aricle concentrates on the ecclesiastical aspect. From some scattered and relatively small groups, the numbers of Roman Christians increased ...

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