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Research Articles (New Testament Studies): Recent submissions
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06)The article is meant to offer a comment on the thesis of Andries G. van Aarde about the socalled fatherlessness of Jesus. The author argues for a more critical disposition towards a historical-psychological approach of ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06)Recent sociological and anthropological studies have provided models for examining pilgrimage both in its ancient and contemporary manifestations. Such models can facilitate an examination of the phenomenon of study tours ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06)Matthew’s Gospel has much to say about ‘suffering violence’. As Jesus comments (11:12, NRSV), ‘From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force’. ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06-07)The purpose of this article has been to examine how the earliest followers of Jesus experienced the Eucharist. What was their reason for participating in the Eucharist? What kind of value did this rite add to their lives? ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06-07)The letters of Paul speak more frequently of the resurrected and exalted Jesus than they do of the earthly Jesus. Nonetheless, this does not mean that the apostle and his addressees did not know the teachings and main ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06-07)This article reflects on people’s presuppositions with regard to God’s mental health as it has been recounted throughout history. The article asserts that the dominant report of a ‘sick god’ has nothing to do with God ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06-07)This article explores a presentation of the method, emergence and contribution of social-scientific criticism (SSC) as an inter-disciplinary operation of New Testament exegesis. A description of ancient evil eye belief and ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06-07)Christians were confronted with many other religions during the expansion of Christianity. What was their attitude towards these other religions? Apparently Christians reacted very differently. Earlier I argued that the ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06-07)The relationship between Saint Paul and the continent of Africa has never been a significant point of discussion in the New Testament studies. The same can be observed about other continents, even if the study of the Pauline ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06)This article first explores individual memory as understood from the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans to modern-day neurology and psychology. The perspective is correlated with collective memory theory in the works ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06)The dream of a ‘rainbow nation’ in South Africa appears to be on the wane as ethnic tension and conflict seem to simmer just beneath the surface. This article investigates Paul’s approach to the issue of ethnic identity ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06)After his arrest, Jesus is taken to the high priest. According to John 18:15 he is accompanied by ‘another disciple’. In this article, I discuss the possibility that this other disciple was Judas. He is the one who was ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06)Imperial and civic-religious festivals pervaded the late first-century city of Ephesus where John’s Gospel was, if not written, at least read or heard. How did Jesus-believers as likely members of somewhat participationist ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06)This article has located Jesus’ saying about homelessness in the context of the Roman Empire as it was experienced in Galilee. Homelessness is part of a broader picture that translates into loss of access to the resources ...
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(Baptist Union of Southern Africa, 2010)The church has always indicated a desire to bring about spiritual transformation, finding this mandate as a response to the Great Commission voiced by Jesus as he returned to his Father: “Go therefore and make disciples ...
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(Baptist Union of Southern Africa, 2010)This paper shall deal with the concept of hope and how it can be communicated to those living with HIV/ AIDS. The church in South Africa and around the world should rise up to the challenge and take the opportunity given ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-03)This article presented a metaphorical testimonial approach in the interpretation of 2 Timothy 2:19 and the use of sealing. As starting point, attention was given to the concept of ‘seal’ through the Old Testament and Ancient ...
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(Baptist Union of Southern Africa, 2010)The intention of this article is to develop an acceptable methodological approach in communicating Christ through the experience and faith of others with special interest to the Hindu. This is in keeping the description ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-11)In a fear-filled world people are asking – perhaps more than ever – what happens after we die. This popular fascination with the end, with death and with what (if anything) lies beyond it has also influenced the theme ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)The article begins with a discussion of the development of the doctrine with regard to the Holy Spirit. This development took place in three phases: from apocalypticism to the Nicene Creed to the Reformation. In the doctrine ...
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