Browsing HTS Volume 59, Number 3 (2003) by Title

Browsing HTS Volume 59, Number 3 (2003) by Title

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  • Plek en funksie van topologie as teologiese belangeruimte in die struktuur van die Matteus-evangelie 
    Volschenk, G.J. (Gert Jacobus) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    This article focuses on the place and function of topology within the structure of Matthew. An overview of the different models on the structure of Matthew shows the dominance of the chiastic model. The author uses the ...
  • The Psalter in the Canon 
    Jeppesen, Knud (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    The Psalter, read as a coherent book instead of being read as 150 independent poems, reveals some patterns and a continuum of ideas, which might not express the editors’ original intention, but support the readers’ ...
  • Pseudepigraphic Paulines in the New Testament 
    Verhoef, Eduard (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    In order to verify the presence of pseudepigraphic epistles in the New Testament, scholars have often argued that followers of a famous philosopher, such as Pythagoras or Plato, wrote pseudepigraphic documents. This argument ...
  • Schrift, het dogma en de dogmatiek 
    Muis, Jan (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    In this article it is argued that in actual systematic reflection on the Christian faith we cannot a priori assume that the dogma has the same content as Scripture, because it is strongly determined by its cultural-philosophical, ...
  • Science, religion and the need for a world-view 
    Haikola, Lars (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    This article maintains that humankind is in need of a world-view and that traditionally, this need was fulfilled by myth and religion. The mechanistic world-view was created as a result of the breakthrough in science in ...
  • “Son of man” and exegetical myths 
    Loba-Mkole, Jean-Claude (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    This article aims to show that some of the New Testament interpretations of the "son of man" phrase appear to be, according to B Lindars “a myth, created, not by the thinkers of the New Testament times, but by modern ...
  • Virgin mother or bastard child? 
    Crossan, John Dominic (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    Virginal conception presumes divine intervention, but divine intervention does not necessarily presume virginal conception. In the case of Mary, two phenomena, both unusual in Jewish tradition, are found, namely divine and ...
  • War narratives in the book of Chronicles : a new proposal in respect of their function 
    Beentjes, P.C. (Pancratius Cornelis) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    Research has shown that the majority of the narratives on war in the book of Chronicles have been created by the Chronicler himself. This article offers a fresh proposal that war narratives in the book of Chronicles are ...
  • Who are the “servants” (Psalm 69:36c-37b)? A contribution to the history of the literature of the Old Testament 
    Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    Psalm 69:37a refers to the "servants" in the composite "the offspring of his servants". This composite takes up a concept which already appeared as a self-indication of the supplicant of this Psalm, namely in its singular ...