Browsing by Subject "Jews"

Browsing by Subject "Jews"

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  • Anat-Yahu and the Jews at Elephantine  
    Mondriaan, Marlene Elizabeth (Unisa Press, 2013)
    Important Aramaic papyri documents have been discovered at the fortified city on the island of Elephantine in the Nile River. These documents describe, inter alia, the lives of a group of Jewish mercenaries and their ...
  • Are there Jews and Christians in the Bible? 
    Pilch, John J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    The article shows that it is anachronistic to speak of either Christians or Jews in the biblical period. In the New Testament both words are used pejoratively by outsiders. However, it became appropriate to speak of Jews ...
  • Black and slave? 'Mestizo' Augustine on Ham 
    Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (AOSIS, 2023-09-20)
    After discussing the so-called Ham myth in South Africa, my focus is on the African church father Augustine (354–430). All texts from his immense oeuvre in which he mentions biblical Ham are reviewed in chronological ...
  • Denkbeelde oor God by Hosea 
    Boshoff, Willem Sterrenberg (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Conceptions of God in Hosea: The book Hosea could be characterised as a polemic against particular traits of Israelite religion. According to the book's message Yahweh was deeply involved in Israel's everyday existence. ...
  • Ephrem the Syrian’s hymn On the Crucifixion 4 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-09-18)
    This article offers a translation of the hymn De Crucifixione 4 by Ephrem, the Syrian theologian, which forms part of his cycle of hymns for the celebration of Easter. The symbolic interpretation of particularly the ...
  • The Jewish community in the post-apartheid era : same narrative, different meaning 
    Herman, Chaya (Transformation, 2007)
    The article explores the transformation of the Jewish community in South Africa and the strategies that have been pursued by the community to forge a new identity whereby secular Zionism has been shifted towards religious ...
  • The Jewish Community of Johannesburg, 1886-1939 : landscapes of reality and imagination 
    Rubin, Margot W (University of Pretoria, 2006-09-21)
    The Jewish community of Johannesburg has changed a great deal during the period 1886-1939. The majority of Jews arrived as peasants from the Pale of Settlement in Eastern Europe, where they faced degrading and difficult ...
  • Jews and Christians 
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    This review article of the collection of essays edited by M Van Campen and G C den Hertog deals with the question of the relationship between Jews and Christians. The publication, Israël, volk, land en staat, by the Centre ...
  • Joodse religieuse uitbreiding in die Nuwe-Testamentiese tydvak: was die Judaisme 'n missionere godsdiens? (deel II) 
    Du Toit, Andrie B. (Andreas B.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Jewish religious expansion in the New Testament era: was Judaism a missionary religion? (part II) In the first part of this article five factors were identified which would have contributed to the significant numerical ...
  • Kritiese besinnings oor die Israelse eiendomsaansprake op Palestina 
    Spangenberg, I.J.J. (Izak J.J.); Van der Westhuizen, Christi (LitNet, 2018-09)
    Die Israeli‘s herdenk vanjaar die 70ste bestaansjaar van die moderne staat Israel. Die Verenigde Nasies (VN) het in 1947 ‘n besluit aanvaar dat die Britse mandaatgebied in twee state verdeel sou word – een vir die Joodse ...
  • Life and ‘The Scriptures’ in John 5:39-40 
    Punch, John David (University of Pretoria, 2007-09-26)
    In John 5:39-40 we see a dividing line being drawn over the proper interpretation of “the Scriptures” between the Jewish leaders of the first century and the early Christians of the Johannine community. Both parties agreed ...
  • The Matthean community’s state of coexistence between Jews and Gentiles 
    Shin, In-Cheol (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-12-02)
    The past century has seen various studies on the nature of Matthew’s community, and conclusions are still being debated. The study on which this article is based acknowledges the past studies, but further proposes that ...
  • The place of non-Jews/foreigners in the early post-exilic Jewish community in Ezra and Nehemiah 
    Usue, Emmanuel Ordue (University of Pretoria, 2005-02-10)
    The aims and objectives of this investigation were to find whether non-Jews or non-exiles related with the early post-exilic Jewish community in their religious life and communal living according to Ezra and Nehemiah; to ...
  • Psalm 4 and the poor in the post-exilic province of Judah : a textual and contextual reading 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Stellenbosch University, Department of Ancient Studies, 2018)
    This paper reviews the interpretation of Ps 4 as a psalm which addresses the plight of poor people in post-exilic Judah as it was proposed by Erich Zenger and recently confirmed by Johannes Bremer. Psalms 1-3 are taken ...
  • A re-reading of John 8:1–11 from a pastoral liberative perspective on South African women 
    Baloyi, Elijah M. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-11)
    The inception of democracy in South Africa faced the oppression of women as one of the challenges. The duty to improve women’s position in society is not the responsibility of a few people alone, but of everyone. According ...
  • The target group of the Ultimate Commission (Matthew 28:19) 
    Lee, Kukzin; Viljoen, Francois P. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-02)
    The inclusion of ‘all nations’ as the mission target in the Ultimate Commission of Matthew 28:19 somehow comes as a surprise. The Gentiles seem to have been excluded from Jesus’ and his disciples’ mission in two passages ...
  • Theological perspectives on the concept of ‘Yahweh’s people’ in Ezra and Nehemiah during the early post- exilic period (539-350 BC) 
    Usue, Emmanuel Ordue (University of Pretoria, 2006-11-09)
    This investigation is about the theological perspectives in Ezra and Nehemiah on the concept of ‘Yahweh’s people’ during the early post-exilic period (539-350 BC). The study has utilized literary and historical methods ...