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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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(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2014)“Psychostasia” is the notion that a divine or supernatural figure weighs and/or measures the souls of people when judging them. The present effort represents the second of three articles on psychostasia. The first ...
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(Wiley, 2014-07)This article seeks to enhance this imagination and further it by presenting a recent venture in global ecumenism that crosses cultural/contextual, confessional, and disciplinary boundaries as an inspiring paradigm for ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-10-28)This article responded to the question about the right methodology needed for the reconstruction of a viable African Christian theology. It equally contributed an answer to earlier concerns by Appiah-Kubi, Stinton and ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-06-20)The year 2012 marked the centenary of the death of the Utrecht Old Testament scholar J.J.P. Valeton Jr (1848–1912). He was a representative of the ‘via media’ approach of Dutch theology, which aimed at joining critical ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-11-06)This article raises the question of the balance between prayer and work. This topic is discussed through an intercultural approach of Paul’s recommendation about praying and working without ceasing (1 Th 1:9; 3:10). The ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-11-05)Numerous attempts have been suggested regarding the structure of First John. The only nearly unanimous agreement amongst commentators is concerning the prologue (1:1–4) and the conclusion (5:13–21). The lack of unanimity ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-10-31)Biblical scholars tend to see the Ethiopian eunuch and court official through the eyes of Philip the evangelist, which is also what the author of the text wants us to do. However, the narrative about the Ethiopian court ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-11-14)Surveying commentaries and introductions to the Johannine epistles reveals a multiplicity of methodology with regard to the structure of the epistles. Proposals have generally emphasised characteristics of content (doctrine ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)The aim of this study is the analysis of social concepts of honor and identity in Paul’s letter to the Philippians. In the first chapter, the research problem is formulated and the appropriate methodology, which could ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2014-05-15)The recent global economic crisis left millions of people destitute without formal work and further alienated the poor from the rich. As a remedy, modern Neoliberalism proposes that the poor must hope and steadily work ...
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The discursive cultural representations of Gentiles : a contextual approach using migration theory (AOSIS Open Journals, 2014-05-16)How are social boundaries created and how are they maintained? To an extent, the way people look, dress and talk demarcates cultural markers that distinguish them from others − hence, giving them a sense of self-categorisation ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-05-23)Read in the light of other Jewish literature of the time, not least, Philo of Alexandria, Paul’s comments in Romans 1 about same-sex relations should be seen as a rhetorical ploy to gain a sympathetic hearing for his ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-03-26)Christmas gives us that ’sweet little Jesus Boy’ and Lent follows that with the ‘gentle Jesus, meek and mild.’ He was neither of those. In point of fact, he was the ‘tough guy from Nazareth.’ He was consistently abrasive, ...
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(Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-08)This article argues that “fear” can be understood as an alternate state of religious consciousness. The aim is to demonstrate that fear is central to the state of being of Jesus’ disciples when their religious experience ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)This dissertation examines to what extent the transmission history of Codex Bezae’s Greek text of Acts shows awareness of the explicit quotations’ Old Testament origin, and to what extent this awareness played a role in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)The city of Philippi was founded as a Roman military colony in 42 BC, directly following one of the largest battles of antiquity, the civil war battle of Philippi. This study shows that one hundred years later, at the time ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)This study investigated the state of leadership mentoring and succession planning in the Charismatic Churches in Bushbuckridge. In order to gain a full understanding of the Charismatic Movement which emerged in Bushbuckridge ...
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Elements of the universe in Philo’s De Vita Mosis : cosmological theology or theological cosmology? (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-11-07)It is the intention of this article to investigate how Philo’s understanding of the universe, and particularly its four basic elements as taught by the Greek philosophers, influenced his description of the God of Israel’s ...
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(LitNet, 2013-12)Die debat oor homoseksualiteit val in baie kringe nog vas by die bespreking van sewe tekste uit die Bybel. Hierdie artikel bring die sewe tekste weer eens onder die soeklig. Die eerste vertrekpunt is dat die artikel poog ...
Now showing items 481-500 of 896