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Browsing Research Articles (University of Pretoria) by Subject "Yahweh"
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(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 1998)The so-called Enthronement Psalms, that is Psalms 47, 93, 96, 97, 98 and 99, are described in this investigation as a distinctive group of psalms which constitute a similar illocutionary act. This act is defined against ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-08-31)The article presents a literary and theological analysis of Job 42:2 as a fitting resolution of the conflicting engagement between Yahweh and Job, which enables both parties to preserve their integrity. The article ...
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(University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2019-12-06)This article aims to show that Yahweh acts as a comforter of the traumatised: the exiles in Babilon. Some of them are eager to return to Jerusalem although they know that the city was destroyed. The prologue of Isaiah 40 ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-05-29)The family is the bedrock that forms the indispensable foundation for discipleship. It was instituted by the Creator as his primary setting for human development and nurture (Gn 2:18–25; Ps 68:5, 6). Thus the crisis ...
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(Calabar School of Philosophy, 2022-12)The essence of deities has captured our imaginations for as long as we can remember. Does a God exist, or is the divine entity just a figment of our dreams, a projection? Is God what Aribiah Attoe calls a “regressively ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)This paper endeavours to analyse Psalm 79 as a poetic composition and an ideological document. From the analysis, it seems that the psalm primarily served a Judaean community of believers as a means of coping with their ...
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(2011-06-07)Without doubt the final hymn of the Psalter can be described as the climax, or grand finale, of the Israelite faith’s most known hymnbook. In this psalm, sound and action are blended into a picture of ecstatic joy. The ...
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(Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)Psalm 136 is a litany in which elements of the Israelite thanksgiving hymn give expression to the celebration of the character and deeds of Yahweh. In the cult of ancient Israel this poem has probably functioned as liturgy ...
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(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 ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)Psalm 47: Particularism and universalism. Jahwe is our king and king of all the earth: In this article, Psalm 47 is considered from a text immanent perspective and particular attention is given to the morphological, ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-09-06)Psalm 5 is often described as an example of a prayer of someone who has been falsely accused of wrongdoing. Based on the contents of the middle part of the psalm, its wisdom features and especially the parallels it forms ...
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(Unisa Press, 2018-11)The present study investigates the concept of safety and security in the Hebrew Bible in order to demonstrate that our concern for self-defence in the modern post-biblical world was also a prerogative among biblical ...
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(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2001)It is contended in this article that Biblical texts can no longer be interpreted without taking cognisance of the contribution that the social sciences can make to the process of interpretation. Psalm 123 is analysed ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006)In this article, the author provides a prolegomena to further research attempting to answer a most fundamental and basic question - much more so than what has thus far been the case in the disciplines of Old Testament ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-12)This article investigates some of the similarities between the Torah-psalms and Psalm 33. It is suggested that the ‘Torah-psalms’ should be re-contextualised and understood as part of a postexilic endeavour to provide an ...
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(Stellenbosch University: Department of Ancient Studies, 2004)The purpose of this article is to interpret the text of Psalm 113 theologically as a portrayal of the Israelite God, Yahweh. In order to do this the composition of the text, its genre and literary context, text analysis, ...
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(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2008)Psalm 87 is widely regarded as being notoriously problematic, posing difficulties on all levels. Despite all of the uncertainties that exegetes have regarding this psalm, almost all agree that the psalm deals with Zion ...
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