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  • God, the Christ and the Spirit in William P. Young’s bestseller The shack seen from a Pauline and Johannine perspective 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    Among its more than a million readers, The shack has empowered traditionalists and seekers among Christian spirituals but has also been condemned for patripassionism and modalism. This article consists mainly of two sections. ...
  • ‘Foxes’ holes and birds’ nests’ (Mt 8:20) : a postcolonial reading for South Africans from the perspective of Matthew’s anti-societal language 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    South Africa is experiencing an exceptionally high crime rate and many people, across the various ethnic groups, are beset by poverty. The question is whether the prevalence of violence in South Africa is the result of ...
  • Interpreting the parables of the Galilean Jesus : a social-scientific approach 
    Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article proposes a methodology for interpreting the parables of Jesus. The methodology put forward has as starting point two convictions. Firstly, the difference between the context of Jesus’ parables as told by Jesus ...
  • European dimensions in Romanian theological discourse 
    Chirilă, Ioan (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article underlines particularly those aspects of Romanian theology that distinguish it from other theological reflections. By making use of liturgical discourse, Romanian theology reflects the ecumenical dimension of ...
  • Life in the spirit as wise remedy for the folly of the flesh : ethical notes from Galatians 
    Loubser, Gysbert Matthys Hendrik (New Testament Society of South Africa, 2009)
    This article argues that wise ethical behaviour is not determined and regulated by law, but emanates from the faithfulness of Christ as introduced into the believer's life by the Spirit. It is a fruit or result of the ...
  • Knowledge of earthly things? The use of έπίγειος in John 3:12 
    Van der Watt, J.G. (Jan Gabriel), 1952- (New Testament Society of South Africa, 2009)
    Jesus' remark in John 3:12 that if Nicodemus does not believe what Jesus has told him about the earthly things, how will he believe if Jesus tells him about the heavenly things, poses the reader with a difficult question: ...
  • Knowledge and love in 1 Corinthians 8 
    De Wet, Burgert Wynand (New Testament Society of South Africa, 2009)
    In this article, the way in which Paul defines the relationship between knowledge and love, especially as found in 1 Corinthians 8, will be discussed. This investigation intends to show that there is an undeniable friction ...
  • Identity formation in the New Testament 
    Cromhout, Markus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article is a review of the book entitled Identity Formation in the New Testament (edited by Bengt Holmberg and Mikael Winninge, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2008). It is a collection of various articles using intertextuality, ...
  • Healthy economics or cautionary tales? The narrative microeconomics of four Matthean healing stories 
    Anderson, Laura (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article explores the four Matthean stories wherein an individual supplicant requests a healing on behalf of someone else: the centurion for his paralyzed servant, the ruler for his dead daughter, the Canaanite woman ...
  • Text der Johannesoffenbarung - varianten und theologie 
    Karrer, Martin (New Testament Society of South Africa, 2009)
    The Textus Receptus of the 16th century has strong effect on the text of the Book of Revelation until today. The recovery of the great manuscripts and the papyri has induced some corrections in the text since the 19th ...
  • Reading the Gospel of Matthew within the global context : a response 
    Wainwright, Elaine Mary, 1948-; Society of Biblical Literature. Matthew Section. Meeting (2008 : Boston, Mass.) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article responds to the diversity of approaches in the five papers presented at the Matthew Section of the Society of Biblical Literature, held in Boston (Massachusetts), 21–25 November 2008. This response focuses on ...
  • Postsecular spirituality, engaged hermeneutics, and Charles Taylor’s notion of hypergoods 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This essay sets out to argue that postsecular spirituality is about the quest for hypergoods within today’s mass populist- and consumerist-oriented world. It shows that people who consider themselves to be spiritual, not ...
  • Paul’s ecstatic trance experience near Damascus in Acts of the Apostles 
    Pilch, John J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    Luke reports more than twenty altered states of consciousness experiences in Acts of the Apostles. These are common and normal human experiences in approximately ninety percent of contemporary cultures. In the ancient ...
  • The ongoing Canon debate 
    Schutte, P.J.W. (Philippus Jacobus Wilhelmus) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    The aim of this review article is to participate in the current “canon debate” among biblical scholars. The collection of essays, The Canon Debate, edited by Lee Martin McDonald and James A Sanders and published in November ...
  • Interpreting the Gospel of Matthew in light of current global realities: a response 
    Ulrich, Daniel W.; Society of Biblical Literature. Matthew Section. Meeting (2008 : Boston, Mass.) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article consists of a response to five papers presented by John Y.H. Yieh (Virginia Theological Seminary), Andries van Aarde (University of Pretoria), Dorothy Jean Weaver (Eastern Mennonite Seminary), Laura Anderson ...
  • Inklusiwiteit as evangelie 
    Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    In antiquity, group identity was based on cultural ethnicity. Groups used their ethnicity to define and delineate themselves as unique. Ethnicity was determined by characteristics like family (kinship), name, language, ...
  • Jesus and Isaiah 
    Moyise, Steve (New Testament Society of South Africa, 2009)
    The Jesus Seminar assigns the OT quotations attributed to Jesus in the Gospels as the work of the early church (Funk, 1993). More recently, Geza Vermes ends his study on The Authentic Gospel of Jesus (2003) by concluding ...
  • Missionêre diakonaat : ’n uitdaging vir die kerk 
    Schutte, P.J.W. (Philippus Jacobus Wilhelmus) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    This article seeks to show the importance of diakonia as a ministry of the church, not only as a service in the church, but also as a service to the community in which Christians and the church live. To establish diakonia ...
  • Griekse manuskrip van die Kindheidsevangelie van Tomas in Kodeks Sinaïtikus (Gr 453) vertaal in Afrikaans 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    Fourteen Greek manuscripts and early translations exist of the Infancy Gospel of Thomas. The Greek version in Codex Sinaiticus (Gr 453) represents the most authentic version. The article shows that the reproduction of this ...
  • "Daar is die Lam van God..." Plaasvervangende offertradisies in die Johannesevangelie 
    Van der Watt, J.G. (Jan Gabriel), 1952- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1995)
    The issue of substitutionary sacrifice in John's Gospel is hotly debated. In this article it is argued that there are clear traces of this tradition in the Gospel, although it receives little emphasis. The hypothesis is ...