Browsing HTS Volume 60, Number 1&2 (2004) by Title

Browsing HTS Volume 60, Number 1&2 (2004) by Title

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  • "Om nie te dink bó wat in die Skrif geskrywe staan nie" - konsistensie en ontwikkeling in die teologie van Piet Geyser 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.); Geyser, Piet A. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    This article reflects a conversation between Andries G van Aarde and Piet A Geyser. P A Geyser was professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at the University of Pretoria. He retired in January 2004. The following issues ...
  • Oor die betekenis van die maagdelike geboortetradisie : 'n debat in die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk 
    Boshoff, Piet B. (Petrus Benjamin) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    This essay explains the meaning attached to the tradition of the virgin birth according to conservative, liberal and balanced readings. Topics that feature in the course of the argument are fundamentalism, liberalism, ...
  • Opstanding in die Jodedom, die Grieks-Romeinse wêreld en die Nuwe Testament 
    Van Eck, Ernest (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    The article shows that in the Jewish and Greco-Roman worlds’ belief in the afterlife underwent a progressive development. It focuses on a “belief” in no life after death in pre-exilic Judaism, which developed into the ...
  • Reading the Bible again with Marcus Borg 
    Schutte, P.J.W. (Philippus Jacobus Wilhelmus) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    This article focuses on Marcus J Borg’s book “Reading the Bible again for the first time” with the all important subtitle “Taking the Bible seriously but not literally.” He offers a new understanding of Scripture that ...
  • Rebel soldiers as good Samaritans : New Testament parables in an African context 
    Jackson, Glenna S. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    This article aims to critique western understanding of New Testament times. Most of the historical reconstructions done in the West are based on what biblical scholars have learned through primary and secondary written ...
  • Reconsidering prepositions and Case assignment in the text of Revelation 4 and 5 
    Riekert, S.J.P.K. (Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    In order to describe the government by prepositions in the book of Revelation in terms of the Government and Binding Theory, it is imperative that the sub-theory of Case assignment be considered. With the latter as point ...
  • Religion, theology and the social sciences in a society in transition 
    De Villiers, D.E. (Dawid Etienne) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    The societal changes introduced with the advent of the new political dispensation in South Africa in 1994 brought with them serious consequences for the different religions and for the academic disciplines devoted to the ...
  • The rich, the poor, and the law 
    Reinstorf, Dieter Heinrich (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    This article explores the social and religious dynamics of parables of Jesus in which “rich” and “poor” are juxtaposed. It focuses on Luke 16:19-31 (the parable of the rich man and the poor beggar Lazarus) and on Luke ...
  • The role of composition in the interpretation of the Rider on the white horse and the seven seals in Revelation 
    De Villiers, P.G.R. (Pieter Gideon Retief) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    The article investigates the way in which the author of Revelation composed the seven seals: Formal elements group the seals in smaller patterns. It then explains how this reading of the composition contributes to the ...
  • Salvation in the Johannine Epistles 
    Van der Merwe, D.G. (Dirk Gysbert) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    This article attempts to compile a soteriology in the Johannine Epistles. Circumstances and false teachings that might have influenced the theological doctrine and ethical behaviour of the community are constructed. The ...
  • Sarah's submissiveness to Abraham : a socio-historic interpretation of the exhortation to wives in 1 Peter 3:5-6 to take Sarah as example of submissiveness 
    Van Rensburg, Fika J. (Johan Jacob Janse)., 1951-; Janse van Rensburg, F.J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    In 1 Peter 3:5-6 the author of First Peter refers to the holy women of the past who were submissive to their own husbands, and then refers to Sarah who obeyed Abraham and called him master. A socio-historic interpretation ...
  • Skrifbeskouing in die lig van postmoderniteit 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    The aim of the article is to focus on the Reformers’ so-called “Scripture Principle” in light of the paradigm shifts from pre-modern, to modern and to postmodern theology. The “Scripture Principle” relates mainly to two ...
  • Skuld, genade en lof in die liturgie 
    Vos, C.J.A. (Casparus Johannes Adam), 1945- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    This article argues that guilt, mercy and praise do not always receive the attention they merit in the liturgy. The article aims to enhance the liturgical meaning of the confession of sin and the absolution. The liturgical ...
  • The social class of the Baptist : dissident retainer or peasant millennialist? 
    Strijdom, Johan (Johannes Matthys) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    In this article the Baptist is compared with the upper-class/literate millennialists behind the Psalms of Solomon, the Testament of Moses, the Similitudes of 1 Enoch, and the Qumran scrolls on the one hand, and with the ...
  • Soul and psyche : the Bible in psychological perspective 
    Smith, Willem Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    During the last third of the twentieth century a discipline that applies psychological and psychoanalytic insight to the study of the Bible, has resurfaced within biblical studies. In his book, Soul and Psyche, Wayne Rollins ...
  • Whose Bible, mine or yours? Contested ownership and Bible translation in Southern Africa 
    Punt, Jeremy (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    An important but often neglected aspect of the use of the Bible in Africa is its ownership and issues related thereto. Ownership of the Bible obviously concerns its personal possession and all that that entails, but goes ...