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Research Articles (Old Testament Studies): Recent submissions
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-10-08)It is argued that the function of Zechariah 7–8 in the book of Zechariah is central to the issue of the structure of Zechariah. It is proposed that a text-linguistic approach offers a new reading of Zechariah 7–8. It is ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-09-26)Christians and the church tend to shy away from talking about sex, premarital sex and sex outside of marriage. God and sex are rarely mentioned in the same sentence, and yet people still have a deep need for spirituality, ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-09-13)This article will be concerned with the question whether the books of Job and Ecclesiastes can be viewed as (postmodern) wisdom in revolt or not. Three questions underlie this title: firstly, are the books of Job and ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-09-25)Alternative approaches to text interpretation have introduced an opportunity to understand the biblical text afresh. One such an alternative approach is a Ricoeurian hermeneutic. Ricoeur’s understanding of the referential ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-09-20)In the first part of this article I outline serious objections against the concept of monotheism. I will ask whether the ambiguity and the problem discredit the concept of monotheism as inappropriate for Biblical Studies, ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-09-18)The vision in Isaiah 2:1–5 of nations streaming to Zion in the days to come to receive Yahweh’s Torah is one of the best-known texts in the entire Book of Isaiah. The chapter begins with the description of Yahweh, the ...
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(American Society for Microbiology, 2013-08-13)This article is divided in two parts. Part one examines scribal education and scribes in the ancient Near East and Israel. Although no real evidence exists for scribal schools and education in Israel, it is argued that ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-09-05)The genealogy at the end of the Book of Ruth starts with Perez and ends with David, thereby covering Israel’s history since the time of the sojourn in Egypt to the Davidic monarchy. This article focuses on Ruth 4:18–22 ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-09-05)The article shows, that the stories of the Patriarchs as well as the Exodus-story are allochthonous traditions of origin. We find comparable stories in the neighboring cultures of Israel. Egypt as origin of human culture ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-09-05)There are two dimensions to the argument offered in this article, both of them pertaining to methodological issues. The first is that of distinguishing textual criticism from redactional criticism, especially with recourse ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-09-05)This article analyses the rhetorical devices of praise and blame employed in Moses’ speeches in the book of Deuteronomy. Praise and blame are mainly used in the framework of the central Law Code, Deuteronomy 1–11, 26–34. ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-09-05)Traditionally in Old Testament redactional criticism, a distinction is made between the first half of Leviticus (usually Lv 1–16) and the second half (Lv 17–26). In historical-critical jargon, the first half is usually ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-09-05)The study interprets the postexilic book of Deuteronomy as a prophetic testament, which characterises Moses as the only arch-prophet (Dt 34). This was a position not of prophetic groups of the Second Temple Period, but ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-09-05)A fulfilled ethical life is a desire that in Israel is closely integrated with the observance of laws and legal instructions. The specific way, in which this aspect is concretised, is not the fundamental aspect for the ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-09-05)This article deals with the approach to exegesis of biblical narrative, especially in Exodus, in finding its theological significance for contemporary and relevant biblical interpretation. It shows that the historical-critical ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-09-05)The concept of ‘monotheism’ has become a matter of debate in Hebrew Bible scholarship. This article investigates whether the concept should still be used, starting with Second Isaiah, who in the early Persian period ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-09-05)The experience of a large, devastating flood is part of the cultural heritage of mankind. The famous ‘texts of the deluge’ come from Mesopotamia. Here, the flood tradition dates back to the 3rd Millennium. The longest ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-06-24)The story of the death of Nadab and Abihu in Leviticus 10 has always been a difficult text to understand. Recently it has been used in debates about possible power struggles between Aaronides and Zadokites in post-exilic ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-05-29)The article is a reworked version of a paper presented at a commemoration ceremony in honour of the retired Reformed exegetes of the Department of Old Testament Studies of the Faculty of Theology at the University of ...
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(Baptist Union of Southern Africa, 2012)This article contends that major changes are taking place in society to such a degree that a revision of Christian leadership paradigms is necessary to respond effectively to these changes. The nature of the changes ...
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