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  • Q1 gemeenskap as een van die grondtipes van die kerk in die Nuwe Testament 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    The New Testament bears witness to a wide variety of communities, representing a spectrum of ideas and teachings about Jesus and the meaning of his life. In this article these communities are regarded as prototypes of ...
  • The expression logikovn ajvdolon gavla as the key to 1 Peter 2:1-3 
    Du Toit, Marietjie (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    This article argues that the author of 1 Peter uses the expression logikovn ajvdolon gavla not as a reference to the word of God as is suggested by many modern scholars (Achtemeier; Boring), but rather to the whole ...
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 : the Thessalonians should live a holy life 
    Verhoef, Eduard (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretori, 2007-03)
    The author argues that 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 should be considered as one coherent pericope. It shows that the term "holiest" does not refer to the god "Kabeiros", neither that the Greek word "skeuos" means either ...
  • Huwelik in die eerste-eeuse Mediterreense wêreld (II) : huwelik, egbreuk, egskeiding en hertrou 
    Van Eck, Ernest (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    This article is the second in a three-part series that aims to stimulate the hermeneutical debate in the church about marriage as Biblical institution. The first-century Mediterranean world had a very specific understanding ...
  • Matthew's Messianic Shepherd-king : in search of "the lost sheep of the house of Israel" 
    Willitts, Joel (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    The article intends to grasp the meaning of the phrase "the lost sheep of the house of Israel" in the Matthean logia of 10:5b-6 (and 15:24). It shows that in recent Matthean research the phrase has become an abstract ...
  • Psychological method and the historical Jesus : the contribution of psychobiography 
    Van Os, Bas (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    This article reviews a number of psychologically informed studies of Jesus in view of the criteria pertaining to psychobiography. It argues that the studies have produced divergent interpretations of Jesus because of ...
  • The Gospel of Matthew, John the elder and the Papias tradition : a response to R H Gundry 
    Sim, David C. (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    As far as the origin of the Gospel of Matthew is concerned, most modern scholars tend to discount the testimony of Papias. The major exception in this regard is R H Gundry, who argues that the tradition transmitted by ...
  • Religion and covenantal praxis in first century Judeanism 
    Cromhout, Markus (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    This article indicates how the two cultural features of religion and covenantal praxis helped foster or shape Judean ethnic identity in the first century CE. It focuses on socialization into the three social domains ...
  • The word is life : African theology as biblical and contextual theology 
    Van Eck, Ernest (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-06)
    This article reflects on the development of African theology from its beginning up to the end of the twentieth century. A critical assessment of this development and the current state of African theology is given. The ...
  • At the foot of Mount Olympus : a theory on myth 
    Schutte, P.J.W. (Philippus Jacobus Wilhelmus) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-06)
    A cult normally develops around myths and rituals. In this article myth as phenomenon will be investigated. Different types and categories of myths will be listed, while research done in the past on myths will also be ...
  • The New Testament teaching on family matters 
    Osiek, Carolyn (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-09)
    The article shows that first-century urban Christian communities, such as those founded by Paul, brought in both whole families and individual women, slaves, and others. An example of an early Christian family can be ...
  • The resurrection of Jesus : what's left to say? 
    Schutte, P.J.W. (Philippus Jacobus Wilhelmus) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-11)
    The resurrection of Jesus is one of the most discussed topics in the current theological debate. It divides the theologians involved into either liberal or orthodox. Those who enter the debate are labeled. The main ...
  • The gospel myth of Christian origins 
    Schutte, P.J.W. (Philippus Jacobus Wilhelmus) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-03)
    In Burton Mack's latest book, entitled "The Christian myth. Origins, logic, and legacy", he raises challenging arguments with regard to those issues of the Christian myth mentioned in the title. The aim of this review ...
  • The emergence of God's new people : the beginnings of Christianity reconsidered 
    Stegemann, Wolfgang, 1945- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-03)
    The article deals with the problem of the Christian beginnings. Unlike many other scholars, the article does not defend the traditional metaphor which compares Judaism and Christianity to the relationship of mother and ...
  • The challenge of Jesus' parables : a scholarly handbook for ministers and preachers 
    Reinstorf, Dieter Heinrich (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-03)
    The parables of Jesus recorded in the Gospels are profoundly challenging, not only as far as their original audience is concerned, but equally so as far as present day readers, hoping to fully grasp their meaning, are ...
  • Pseudepigraphy and the Petrine school : spirit and tradition in 1 and 2 Peter and Jude 
    Chatelion Counet, Patrick, 1954- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-06)
    This article identifies four "patterns of religion" (E P Sanders) in the pseudepigraphic letters of Peter and Jude in order to support the hypothesis of a "Petrine school" (J H Elliott). The first pattern that connects ...
  • Reading Matthew 28:16-20 with others : how it deconstructs our Western concept of mission 
    Patte, Daniel (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-06)
    Matthew 28:16-20 is readily read as providing a key teaching about "mission." Its teaching about mission - going, making disciples of all the nations, baptizing them, teaching them to obey Jesus' commands - seems simple ...
  • Hermeneutics as cross-cultural encounter : obstacles to understanding 
    Rohrbaugh, Richard L., 1936- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-06)
    It is a curious fact that while most people intuitively understand the potential for misunderstanding in face-to-face cross-cultural conversations, no such difficulty is anticipated when reading cross-culturally. Thus ...
  • Kerugmatiese perspektief op bedieninge in die Nuwe Testament 
    Jones, Robert Johannes; Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-11)
    The article argues 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 church. From a Biblical and Reformed perspective, ...
  • Narratiewe blikhoek in die mikrovertelling oor die genesing van die koninklike se seun deur Jesus in Johannes 4:43-54 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-11)
    The article forms the third part of an essay that aims to introduce narratological codes applicable to the exegesis of New Testament texts. In the first article generic elements that constitute a narrative discourse were ...