Abstract:
This article attempts to position Prof Mazamisa’s possible contribution to the historical
development of New Testament interpretation in South Africa. This investigation is based
mainly on his PhD dissertation project published in the Netherlands, Kampan University. This
article attempts to navigate through New Testament interpretation in South Africa from the
early 1970s until 1987, when Mazamisa attained his doctoral dissertation. This article argues
that Mazamisa’s approach to reading the New Testament text can be considered a possible
bridge between the so-called ‘white versus black hermeneutics’, to bring reconciliation in this
long-standing debate in South African hermeneutics. This could happen through what
Mazamisa called ‘Dialetica Reconcilea’.
INTRADISCIPLINARY AND/OR INTERDISCIPLINARY IMPLICATIONS : This article has intradisciplinary
implications within the fields of New Testament studies and South African hermeneutics,
while also opening up opportunities for interdisciplinary exploration at the intersections of
theology, sociology, philosophy, education, cultural studies, and conflict resolution. It suggests
that Mazamisa’s approach may offer insights into resolving long-standing debates within
South African hermeneutics.
