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Browsing New Testament Studies by Type "Dissertation"
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The case for pastoral appointment or self-appointment within the African Pentecostal church in Zambia highlights a current contemporary challenge in indigenous Pentecostal and charismatic churches in Africa. While considering ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)This study is an analysis of the glory of Christ and its perception in Paul's apology of his apostolic ministry in 2 Corinthians 2:14-4:6. The exegetical focus within the passage lies on the three verses that address the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-09-25)This study applies social identity complexity theory as the theoretical framework in reading 1 Corinthians 7:12-16. This dissertation focuses on how Paul uses holiness language in 1 Corinthians 7:12-16 as a rhetorical ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Scholars characterise the Akan community concept preponderantly as communalistic. Consequently, they discuss Akan maxims that demonstrate their strong emphasis on collectivism. However, some proverbs reveal a tension between ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Under the heading "sustainability development", new ways out of the crisis of the capitalist, global economic system and a future-oriented, just and sustainable economy and society are being sought. The most recent symptoms ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)The study rereads the narrative of Mark 6:14-29 from Homi Bhabha’s postcolonial theory of mimicry and ambivalence. Unlike other interpretations that focus on the death of John the Baptist by Herod, the focal point of this ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2004-10-06)This work embarks on a study of the use and interpretation of the term ’<font face="symbol">egkr</font>´<font face="symbol">ateia</font> (self-control) in the principal Pauline letters. But, first of all, a study is made ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2001-10-05)In Chapter 1 different phases of the application of exegetical methods with regard to texts in the New Testament were identified. Each phase provided a different perspective in response to questions about the contextuality ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-09-15)This study aims to identify the comparisons and contrasts that might exist between the kinship and familial ecclesiology of the first-century Christian church and the ecclesiology of the SDA church. It further aims to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2004-03-28)An underlying theme of creation can be found in the text of Colossians 1:13-20. Certain words and expressions in the passage can be directly linked with the first act of creation. These words and expressions can corporately ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-11-19)This thesis is an investigation of possible significant parallels of the Roman imperial cult (Caesar-Nero) in the book of Hebrews. The book of Hebrews was no doubt greatly impacted by Jewish influence, context, and background. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)The study examines how Israel and the Christ-following community are related to each other in the Book of Revelation. It differs from traditional approaches which propose that, according to Revelation, the church is the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)No abstract available
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-09-26)In John 5:39-40 we see a dividing line being drawn over the proper interpretation of “the Scriptures” between the Jewish leaders of the first century and the early Christians of the Johannine community. Both parties agreed ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)Traditionally, it has been argued that the Gospel of John was never a mission book (Missionsschrift) but rather a “Gemeindeschrift” written to confirm or deepen the faith of the early Christians of the Johannine community. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-03-29)The thesis of this study is to argue that the term “office” and its meaning, as found in the New Testament, cannot be applied without reserve to the understanding of office in the present-day institutionalised church. The ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Early Christian manuscripts like P72 and the Bodmer Miscellaneous Codex (BMC) offer a window into the dynamics of early Christian identity formation. Recent scholarship argues that the scribe of P72 was also the collector ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-06-29)The motif of “the Prophet like Moses” plays an important role in John’s Gospel. This motif is from the promise of God about the eschatological Prophet who will disclose God’s will to the people in Dt 18:15, 18. The background ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2004-10-06)This study is an attempt to read 1 John, a document which was conceptualised almost two thousand years ago in a particularly different context from that of Zulu people into which this venture is undertaken. A number of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)This study investigates the reception of Isaiah 6:9-10 in the New Testament, in order to establish whether the interpretation of this authoritative text has remained stable, or has been altered through many hands and ...
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