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  • Jewish fish (ΙΧΘΥΣ) in post-supersessionist water : Messianic Judaism within a post-supersessionistic paradigm 
    Willits, Joel (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-08-19)
    This article defines, explains and argues for the necessity of a post-supersessionistic hermeneutical posture towards the New Testament. The post-supersessionistic reading of the New Testament takes the Jewish nature of ...
  • Believing in God the Father : interpreting a phrase from the Apostle's Creed 
    Sarot, Marcel (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-08-19)
    In our days, the creedal phrase ‘I believe in God the Father almighty’ is interpreted primarily along Trinitarian lines: It is applied to God as the Father of Jesus Christ. Here I argue that it has a dual background: in ...
  • The wisdom of Ben Sira in MENA cultural context : a cultural topical index 
    Pilch, John J. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-08-19)
    The biblical Books of Proverbs and Ben Sira (Sirach; Ecclesiasticus) yield no narrative continuity or logical outline. They are simply collections. The best way to interpret these books is with the aid of a topical index. ...
  • Holiness and humour 
    Houck, Anita (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-09-30)
    Although Christian spirituality includes a long tradition of suspicion of humour, humour can express and further holiness in several ways. Humour serves holiness in religious satire; it can also communicate the ...
  • The betrayal of Edom : remarks on a claimed tradition 
    Becking, Bob (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-09-30)
    Biblical and post-Biblical texts refer to the tradition of the betrayal of Edom. During the conquest the brother-nation of Edom would have betrayed Judah by choosing sides with the Babylonians. Historical and archaeological ...
  • Why (suffering) women matter for the heart of transformative missional theology perspectives on empowered women and mission in the New Testament and early Christianity 
    Kok, Jacobus (Kobus) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-09-30)
    In this article, it is argued that from the beginning of the Christ-following movement, the gospel message represented a challenge to a male-dominated social system. Early Christian literature shows that women, whose ...
  • Holiness as friendship with Christ : Teresa of Avila 
    Soughers, Tara K. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-09-30)
    Teresa of Avila, writing in the 16th century when ideas of holiness often excluded women and lay people, developed a radically inclusive understanding of holiness as friendship with Christ. Her idea also allowed for ...
  • De opstanding van Lazarus (Johannes 10:40–12:11) : Bijbelse echo’s in Lazarus is dead (2011) van Richard Beard 
    Weren, Wim J.C. (Wilhelmus Johannes Cornelis) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-08-26)
    This article discusses the relationship between the modern novel of Beard and John’s stories about Lazarus and Jesus, and wants to give answers to three questions: (1) how is the Lazarus story in John interpreted by ...
  • The parables of Jesus as critique on food security systems for vulnerable households in urban townships 
    Van Eck, Ernest; Mashinini, Meshack Mandla (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-08-23)
    A recent empirical study on food shortage in South African urban townships indicates that food shortage embodies multi-faceted aspects with broader social implications, such as the sense of personal dignity, the ability ...
  • Was Paul among the contemplatives? 
    Panaggio, James; Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-09-30)
    This article offers a critique of the contemporary Contemplative Tradition’s view of spiritual transformation from the lens of the universally accepted letters of Paul. The article argues that contemporary contemplatives, ...
  • Mythology, Weltanschauung, symbolic universe and states of consciousness 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07-15)
    This article investigates whether different religious (mythological) worldviews can be described as alternative and altered states of consciousness (ASCs). Differences between conscious and unconscious motivations for ...
  • Witnesses to the truth : Mark’s point of view 
    MacDonald, Deven K.; Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-08-12)
    This article presents a narratological reading of the Gospel of Mark with special attention given to the role, function and rhetorical impact of point of view. It is argued that through the use of ‘witnesses’ ranging ...
  • Bible subversion : an ideology critique of the manner and motif behind the use of scriptures by politicians 
    Speckman, McGlory (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-09-30)
    The use of biblical texts by politicians in recent years has led to a proliferation of critical publications by biblical scholars. Some focus on reconstructing the rhetoric itself, others on analysing the historical ...
  • ‘Doctor of the church’ : Gerhard Ebeling 
    Van Wyk, Tanya; Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-09-30)
    This article’s point of departure is the camaraderie of two eminent Protestant theologians, Gerhard Ebeling and Ernst Fuchs. From the perspective of Eberhard Jüngel, Ebeling is described as a ‘doctor of the church’. ...
  • ‘Doctor of the academy’ : Ernst Fuchs 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.); Van Wyk, Tanya (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-09-30)
    This article focuses on the ‘New Hermeneutics’ as a development of the hermeneutics of Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Heidegger and Bultmann. The notion ‘hermeneutical theology’ is explained. From the perspective of the ...
  • The Gift of the Spirit in John 19:30? A Reconsideration of ... 
    Smit, Peter-Ben A. (Catholic Biblical Association of America, 2016-07)
    Based on insights from the history of interpretation, a Synoptic comparison, linguistic considerations, and narrative observations, I argue that the unusual expression in John 19:30 indicates primarily that Jesus has ...
  • Ritual failure in Romans 6 
    Smit, Peter-Ben A. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-08-05)
    Ritual studies are slow to make a large impact on New Testament studies, despite a number of notable exceptions. This notwithstanding, rituals occur frequently in the New Testament, in particular when there is a problem ...
  • Crucifiction? The reimagination of crucifixion as failed imperial ritual in Philippians 2:5–11 
    Smit, Peter-Ben A. (Sage, 2016)
    In this paper the famous “hymn” in Philippians 2:5–11 is considered from the perspective of the study of ritual failure. It is argued that the crucifixion of Jesus, as it is mentioned in this text, can well be considered ...
  • Social equality and Christian life in Paul's first letter to the Corinthians 
    Tilly, Michael (SUNMeDIA, 2016)
    This contribution seeks to clarify how the category of eschatological equality in 1 Corinthians is to be ascertained. Is equality, in this instance, to be understood as the annulment of status differences within the ...
  • Combining Ricoeur and Bultmann on myth and demythologising 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07-08)
    A previous article investigated Ricoeur’s stance on myth and demythologising. The intersection of Ricoeur and Bultmann’s work in this field was noted and a future comparison was envisaged with a view to a possible merger. ...