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Research Articles (New Testament Studies): Recent submissions
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)In this article the understanding of the resurrection of Jesus by William Lane Craig, Gerd Lüdemann and John Dominic Crossan are used as starting point to discuss two issues with regard to the study of the resurrection of ...
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(Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)The aim of this article is to introduce the reader to autobiographical biblical criticism. Autobiographical biblical criticism entails an explicitly autobiographical performance within the act of criticism. Autobiographical ...
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Ou-Kersaandgesprek van Friedrich Schleiermacher in Afrikaans : agtergrond, vertaling en hermeneutiek (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)In his Christmas Eve Dialogue (Die Weinachtsfeier: Ein Gespräch), Schleiermacher reflected on the theological tension between the quest for the historical Jesus and the dogma of the incarnation of Christ as “true God” and ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)An analysis is made of different translations of gennavw in 1 John 5:1-4. The inconsistencies in and among translations are noted. The influence of the socio-cultural ecology as well as the literary and grammatical aspects ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)This article reflects a conversation between Andries G van Aarde and Piet A Geyser. P A Geyser was professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at the University of Pretoria. He retired in January 2004. The following issues ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)This article focuses on Marcus J Borg’s book “Reading the Bible again for the first time” with the all important subtitle “Taking the Bible seriously but not literally.” He offers a new understanding of Scripture that ...
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(Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)This brief survey and analysis of the statements made by Paul about his experience of God calling him to be an apostle in Galatians 1:15-16; 1 Corinth 15:8-9; 2 Corinth 4:6; and Philippians 3:12 were chiefly conducted from ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)Postcolonial hermeneutics is concerned with linguistic, cultural and geographical transfer. Within the framework of biblical studies it explores strategies of interpreting texts from the situation of previously colonised ...
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(New Testament Society of South Africa, 2009)After briefly noting the similarities between the Essenes and Therapeutae, both of which are groups described by Philo, this study compares some of the most striking features of the Therapeutae in Philo's De Vita Contemplativa ...
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Jesus the ‘teacher-saviour’ or ‘saviour-teacher’ : reading the Gospel of Matthew in Chinese contexts (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)While every interpretation is culturally particular and context-specific, the critical assessment of the hermeneutical principles and social consequences of real examples from different cultures may facilitate fresh readings ...
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(New Testament Society of South Africa, 2009)The early Christian communities had at their very beginning no established traditions nor could they rely on an old history. They had to find their way within the pagan world and were forced to develop step by step their ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)The aim of the article is to show that Jesus used the expression “son of man” generically, meaning “humankind”. This generic use developed into a “titular” usage in which his followers identified Jesus with the apocalyptic ...
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When patrons are not patrons : a social-scientific reading of the rich man and Lazarus (Lk 16:19–26) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)This article presents a social-scientific interpretation of the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. Attention is first given to the history of the interpretation of the parable and to the integrity and authenticity of ...
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‘They did to him whatever they pleased’ : the exercise of political power within Matthew’s narrative (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)To read Matthew’s Gospel within the global context is to read this narrative vis-à-vis the urgent challenges facing the global community. One such challenge concerns the exercise of political power within the public arena. ...
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(New Testament Society of South Africa, 2009)If ethics are defined as the theory of moral action, we must ask whether it makes sense to examine the New Testament narrative and epistle texts with regard to ethics, considering them as more than simply instructional ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)David Sim has argued that Matthew’s so-called Great Commission (Mt 28:16–20) represents a direct anti-Pauline polemic. While this thesis may be theoretically possible and perhaps fits within the perspective of an earlier ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)The article is a contribution to the commemoration of the 2008 centenary celebration of the University of Pretoria. Its focus is on present-day theological trends. The article’s point of departure is the commendation of ...
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(New Testament Society of South Africa, 2009)This article is a socio-rhetorical interpretation of Jesus' disclosure in Matt 13:10-17 that he had revealed the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven exclusively to his disciples. It utilises the methodology of socio-rhetorical ...
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(New Testament Society of South Africa, 2009)Justin's dialogue with Trypho assembles theoretical reflections on Christian-Jewish disputations based on certain fixed process-rules and traditional written sources such as the Septuagint and Plato. It directs attention ...
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(Unisa Press, 2009)The term Praeparatio Evangelica is known for some of the theological issues dealt with by Eusebius of Caesarea in his work with this name. The term, however, can also be taken from the well-known essay of Georg Bertram, ...
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