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Theses and Dissertations (New Testament Studies)
Recent Submissions
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Motuku, Kenosi Patson
(University of Pretoria, 2023-11-17)
The primary thesis of this study is that Zacchaeus’ words in Luke 19:1-10 micronarrative are a radical futuristic resolve responding to Luke’s radical message of ‘good news to the poor’ and ‘wealth renunciation’. Met ...
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De Winnaar, Hendrik
(University of Pretoria, 2023-09-15)
This study aims to identify the comparisons and contrasts that might exist between the kinship and familial ecclesiology of the first-century Christian church and the ecclesiology of the SDA church. It further aims to ...
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Nkambule, Benedict Lindokuhle
(University of Pretoria, 2023-09-25)
This study applies social identity complexity theory as the theoretical framework in reading 1 Corinthians 7:12-16. This dissertation focuses on how Paul uses holiness language in 1 Corinthians 7:12-16 as a rhetorical ...
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Proelss, Silvia
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
The study examines how Israel and the Christ-following community are related to each other in the Book of Revelation. It differs from traditional approaches which propose that, according to Revelation, the church is the ...
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Dörpinghaus, Jens
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
This study explores the narrative portrayal of the early Christian network in Luke-Acts by utilizing Social Network Analysis (SNA) and critical spatiality. Understanding social interactions and networks and how they influence ...
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Oliveira, Nycholas Lawrence David
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
Early Christian manuscripts like P72 and the Bodmer Miscellaneous Codex (BMC) offer a window into the dynamics of early Christian identity formation. Recent scholarship argues that the scribe of P72 was also the collector ...
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Becker-Ferreira, Anel
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
Emmanuel Levinas’s philosophy of the “other” is investigated and brought into conversation with how Jesus regarded his “other” through a Lukan perspective of Jesus. The main focus of Levinas's philosophical works is the ...
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Lanz, Elias Johannes
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
This study is an analysis of the glory of Christ and its perception in Paul's apology of his apostolic ministry in 2 Corinthians 2:14-4:6. The exegetical focus within the passage lies on the three verses that address the ...
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Falk, Samuel
(University of Pretoria, 2022)
Under the heading "sustainability development", new ways out of the crisis of the capitalist, global economic system and a future-oriented, just and sustainable economy and society are being sought. The most recent symptoms ...
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Gharbin, Godibert Kelly
(University of Pretoria, 2023)
Scholars characterise the Akan community concept preponderantly as communalistic. Consequently, they discuss Akan maxims that demonstrate their strong emphasis on collectivism. However, some proverbs reveal a tension between ...
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Ntem, Godlove Sevidzem
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
The concern for social justice in employment and remuneration of workers is crucial in Africa because the continent has a lot of natural resources and avenues for employment, but the rate of youth unemployment and low ...
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Mwani, Joshua Tepillah
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
No abstract available
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Molopyane, Lethabo Melissa
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
The study rereads the narrative of Mark 6:14-29 from Homi Bhabha’s postcolonial theory of mimicry and ambivalence. Unlike other interpretations that focus on the death of John the Baptist by Herod, the focal point of this ...
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Mashero, Edward
(University of Pretoria, 2020)
This study has been an analysis of the impact of Early Catholicism to the United Methodist Church. The study has employed the following exegetical approaches; social scientific criticism, historical criticism and theological ...
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Matarirano, Clement
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
This study is a contextual reading of the parable of the persistent widow found in Luke 18:1-8 from the perspective of the concerns of widows in Zimbabwe. Given the everyday usage and mirror reading of the Bible in Zimbabwe, ...
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Marevesa, Tobias
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
This study uses social identity complexity theory to investigate complexity of identity in Luke with focus on Luke 15 to determine how Luke solved social conflict. The discussion from Luke is used as analogical or comparative ...
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Eriksson, Bart Anders
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
The New Perspective is a modern movement in New Testament scholarship which challenges Protestant interpretations of Paul’s writings. However, since the New Perspective refers to schools of thought present in other time ...
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Addo jnr, John Kwesi
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
This study explored Jesus’ social interactions in Mark’s Gospel for good leadership practice in Ghana. It employed Ghanaian traditional models of leadership, which hold that leadership is interaction. Jesus is situated in ...
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Rudolph Scharneck
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
No abstract
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Pietersen, Christo Doniwen
(University of Pretoria, 2018)
No abstract
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