• Economic justice in Luke 19:1-10 : a post-apartheid imperial critical reading with reference to the land question in South Africa 

  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 ...
• Family and kinship in the early Christian church and the modern Seventh-day Adventist Church : a comparison in ecclesiology 

  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 ...
• Children are made holy through marriage : shaping Christian households in 1 Corinthians 7:12-16 

  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 ...
• Israel, die Nationen und die Gemeinde in der Offenbarung des Johannes 

  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 ...
• Social networks in early christianity according to Luke-Acts 

  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 ...
• Papyrus 72 and the Bodmer Miscellaneous Codex : a study of the dynamics of early Christian identity formation 

  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 ...
• Die “ander” : Lukaanse Jesus en Lévinas 

  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 ...
• A beauty that beckons. The glory of Christ and its perception in 2 Corinthians 2:14-4:6 

  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 ...
• Das Neue Testament und die Suche nach einer nachhaltigen, gerechten Wirtschaftsordnung 

  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 ...
• The concept of community in the Johannine gospel 

  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 ...
• Jesus and Legion: A socio-political perspective on demon possession and exorcism in Mark 5:1-20 and in African Pentecostal Churches 

  Mwani, Joshua Tepillah (University of Pretoria, 2020)

  No abstract available
• Social justice in employment and remuneration of workers in Cameroon in the light of the parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Mt 20:1-15) : An African Biblical Interpretation 

  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 ...
• Displacing power from the dance floor : a postcolonial gendered reading of Mark 6:14-29 

  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 ...
• Early Catholicism and the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe 

  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 ...
• Talking back to power' : deviance in Luke 18:1-8 and women in Zimbabwe 

  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, ...
• Social identity complexity and conflict-resolution in Luke and Zimbabwe 

  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 ...
• The new perspective critique of Luther : a response 

  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 ...
• Exploring Jesus’ social interactions in mark’s gospel for good leadership practice in Ghana 

  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 ...
• New Perspectives on the Bowl Plagues in Revelation 16 

  Rudolph Scharneck (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  No abstract
• Die gelykenis van die verlore seun : die eerste-eeuse ekonomie en die hoorders van Jesus 

  Schoeman, Wentzel Johannes (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  Jesus proclaimed the kingdom of God. The principle of general reciprocity took centre stage. The system that Jesus proclaimed was an alternative social system to the oppressing and exploitive systems of the Greco-Roman ...

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