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Research Articles (Old Testament Studies): Recent submissions
Now showing items 321-340 of 500
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2014-07-17)There never existed only one form of the biblical canon. This can be seen in the versions as well as editions of the Hebrew and Greek Bibles. History and circumstances played a central role in the gradual growth of ...
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(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2014)Ezekiel 22:23-30 in which Israel’s leaders are judged for their various abuses offers the notion that collective leadership responsibility for national demise demands serious attention in contemporary situations. However, ...
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(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2014)The theme of the Day of Yahweh is regarded as a central feature of the prophets’ message to their contemporaries. It is the most striking and prominent theme in the Book of the Twelve. While Isaiah focuses on Zion, ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-11-14)This article investigates the criteria for the disposal of the sin offering in the book of Leviticus, the function of the different ways of disposal and the meaning of the disposal with regard to Leviticus 10:17. It is ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-06-02)This study examines the role of traditional leaders, as custodians of culture, in the fight against infection with the HI virus and the AIDS pandemic in the Chipinge District of Zimbabwe. The research aims to assess ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-05-29)The family is the bedrock that forms the indispensable foundation for discipleship. It was instituted by the Creator as his primary setting for human development and nurture (Gn 2:18–25; Ps 68:5, 6). Thus the crisis ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2014-07-16)Mani (216–276 CE) lived in a world where many ideas contributed to his unique theology. In the scriptural legacy of Mani seven of his books show influence of Ethiopian Enoch. These books are identified in this article ...
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(Unisa Press, 2014)The article engages with the old debate about the diachronic relationship between Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14. It starts with outlining certain criteria which might help us determine directionality. It then provides a ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2014-07-17)Any time humans in any culture consider primary ethical concepts, justice will be to the fore. Much seems to hinge upon it whether human society is to function with any semblance of civil order, security and harmony. ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-07-09)The biblical concept of stewardship has been subjected to some misunderstanding. Each time the word stewardship is mentioned, the meaning that easily comes to mind is that of money. One of the means through which Christians ...
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(Baptist Union of Southern Africa, 2012-09-14)Poverty in Africa is an enigma when one considers the natural resources and potential that there is. Worse still, Africa’s resources are extracted to develop other parts of the world. For this reason, this article argues ...
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(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2013)One usually expects ethical themes in the Pentateuch’s legal sections, for example in the Book of Covenant, the Holiness Code, Deuteronomy, and the Decalogue. However, one also encounters material for ethics in some ...
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(Unisa Press, 2013)This article focuses on the second divine speech in the book of Job (chapter 40-41). In this second speech of God the authors describe the ability of God to sustain and safeguard His creation and keep cosmic order. The ...
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(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2013)One of the best known passages in the entire book of Isaiah is the magisterial vision in Isa 2 of the nations streaming to Zion in the days to come to receive Yahweh's תורה. How should we understand Torah in this text? ...
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(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2013)The versions of the book of Jeremiah might be considered the result of the text's steady preservation and actualisation by its redactors. Those redactors are considered to have been part of a supporting group for which ...
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(Unisa Press, 2013)This article presents some perspectives on the priestly class in the book of Malachi with respect to their attitude toward the cult, their pedagogical responsibility and their consequent acts of negligence. It demonstrates ...
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(Department of Old and New Testament, University of Stellenbosch, 2013)The aim of this article is to seek an understanding of why there seems to be policy reluctance in acknowledging the potential of practice and academic theology in governance and policy development in South Africa. This ...
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Rituals and social capital in the book of Leviticus? An attempt at an interdisciplinary discussion (Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University, 2013-09)The article is an attempt by an Old Testament scholar to engage with a debate taking place in practical theology. This debate is about the influence of religion and ritual on the formation of social capital. The author ...
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(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2013)Please read abstract in the article.
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-10-21)The discovery of Esarhaddon’s Succession Treaty (EST) at Tell Tayinat confirms the Assyrian application of this text on western vassals and suggests that the oath tablet was given to Manasseh of Judah in 672 BC, the year ...
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