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  • The new perspective(s) on Paul and its implication for ethics and mission 
    Kok, Jacobus (Kobus) (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2010)
    In this article the New Perspectives on Paul and its implication for Pauline ethics will be discussed as well as the relationship it has to the understanding of the missionary dynamics in Paul. The article begins with the ...
  • Vorming van ‘n eietydse ampsbegrip : Jesus se oproep tot dissipelskap 
    Jones, Robert Johannes; Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-10)
    This article aimes to examine the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika’s (NHKA) understanding of church office, and measures it against ‘office’ or ministries in the New Testament, and more specifically against Jesus’ ...
  • Understanding Jesus healings : shrinking history and Donald Capps’s different thinking cap 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-08)
    This article is a critical appraisal of Donald Capps’s interpretation of the significance of Jesus’ healings for today. It focuses on Capps’s recently published book, Jesus the village psychiatrist. Capps sees Jesus as the ...
  • Suggestions for future study of rhetoric and Matthew’s gospel 
    Keener, Craig Steven, 1960- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-08)
    Because the Gospel writers addressed audiences in the Graeco-Roman world with various degrees of familiarity with standard rhetoric, rhetoric provides a helpful check on modern speculations about ancient speech and argument. ...
  • The prophetic witness of the church as an appropriate mode of public discourse in African societies 
    Nyiawung, Mbengu David (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-10)
    A discussion on the prophetic witness of the church is relevant in many respects. Firstly, most African countries have embraced democracy, without defining its contents; hence, democracy practised in Africa varies from one ...
  • A prophet of old : Jesus the ‘public theologian’ 
    Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-10)
    In this article the argument is put forward that Jesus’ parables portray him as a social prophet, as many of the issues addressed by Old Testament prophets (such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos and Hosea) are common themes in ...
  • Jesus the village psychiatrist : a summary 
    Capps, D.E. (Donald Eric) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-08)
    This paper was a response to a panel discussion on the author’s book, Jesus the village psychiatrist, published by Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, KY, 2008 which formed part of the Society of Biblical Literature’s ...
  • Historiese Jesus-navorsing en evangelisasie 
    Schutte, P.J.W. (Philippus Jacobus Wilhelmus) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)
    The aim of this article is to demonstrate that the research results of one subject in the theological curriculum could be used in other subjects as well. In this article the results of historical Jesus research are used ...
  • The "cause of Jesus" (Sache Jesu) as the Canon behind the Canon 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    God, and not the Bible as such, is the church's primary authority. Jesus of Nazareth is the manifestation of God in history. In a post-Aufkllirung environment one cannot escape the demand to think historically. To discern ...
  • Relevansie van die historiese Jesus-ondersoek vir kerklike teologie 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The aim of this article is to reflect on the implications of historical Jesus research for the theology of the church. It focuses on the relation between the pre-Easter Jesus and the post-Easter kerygmatic tradition. First, ...
  • Besinning oor die interpretasie van die geloof wat in die belydenis van die maagdelike verwekking van Jesus geleer word 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The aim of this article is to reflect on the hermeneutical premises related to doctrinal criticism. The dogma of the virginal conception of Jesus as recorded in the Heidelberg Catechism and the Belgic Confession serves as ...
  • Matthew 27:45-53 as the turning of the tide in Israel's history 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)
    Matthew considers both the fall of the Jerusalem / the Temple and the coming of the Son of Man as being anticipated in the crucifixion/resurrection of Jesus. This article argues that Matthew places these two events within ...
  • Pastor se hantering van trauma na analogie van Jesus se helings en eksorsismes 
    Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-11)
    The pastor’s handling of trauma analogous to Jesus’ healings and exorcisms, studied from a crosscultural perspective, can be understood as acts of relocation or cope-healings. Special attention is given to the way in ...
  • The historicity of the circle of the Twelve : all roads lead to Jerusalem 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)
    The article consists of five argumentative sections. The first deals with the textual evidence with regard to the expressions "disciples", "the Twelve" and "apostles". In the second section it is argued that Jesus did not ...
  • The Second Letter to the Thessalonians re-read as Pseudepigraph 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)
    The purpose of this study is to suggest a socio-historical frame of reference within which 2 Thessalonians may have communicated meaningfully with its intended readers. The question of the historical background of 2 ...
  • Dekonstruksie van dogma : 'n eietydse ondersoek na die spore van die leer van die twee nature van Jesus 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)
    The article presumes that religious language develops according to four phases: a movement from foundational religious experience to metaphorical language usage to confessional formulae to dogma. It is argued that Jesus’ ...
  • Verhouding tussen Christologie en etiek in Kolossense - praxis vir die postmoderne gelowige en kerk 
    Pienaar, Johannes P.; Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-10)
    In Colossians, there is a close relationship between Christology and ethics. This relationship provides answers to the many questions that face the postmodern believer and the church in the current secular world. Believers ...
  • Rol van die etiek in die prediking : nuwe navorsing in Nuwe Testamentiese etiek en die implikasie daarvan vir die prediking 
    Kok, Jacobus (Kobus) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-11)
    To the Reformers, legalism was one of the greatest dangers that threatened the heart of preaching and Christian life in general. Luther argued that where preaching solidifies and degenerates into legalism, the essence of ...
  • Review article : Jesus' resurrection in Joseph's garden 
    Dannhauser, Estelle Henrietta (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-07)
    The article is a lengthy review of the book Jesus’ resurrection in Joseph’s garden by P.J.W. (Flip) Schutte. The book represents a quest to trace the relationship between Jesus’ resurrection, myth and canon. Schutte finds ...
  • Matthew studies today – a willingness to suspect and a willingness to listen 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.); Dreyer, Yolanda (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-07)
    The aim of the article is to describe the state of Matthean studies by means of Paul Ricoeur’s notion of the ‘hermeneutical arc’. The focus will be on the relationship of women in Matthew’s gospel to the male disciples. ...