Browsing HTS Volume 57, Number 1&2 (2001) by Issue Date

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Browsing HTS Volume 57, Number 1&2 (2001) by Issue Date

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  • The "cause of Jesus" (Sache Jesu) as the Canon behind the Canon 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    God, and not the Bible as such, is the church's primary authority. Jesus of Nazareth is the manifestation of God in history. In a post-Aufkllirung environment one cannot escape the demand to think historically. To discern ...
  • The mystery of the missing core in Pauline theology : the case for a multi-dimensional interpretation with reference to J H Roberts and J C Beker 
    Loubser, J.A. (Johannes Albertus), 1949- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    This article analyses features concerning the search for a centre for Pauline theology and indicates why such an endeavour is better carried out within the context of multi-dimensional scriptural exegesis. The text theory ...
  • God's household and the poor in contextual ecclesiology 
    Vos, C.J.A. (Casparus Johannes Adam), 1945- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    As a consequence of the bipolar tension between theory and practice, experience (considered in the South African context) influences the church's reflection on Practical Theology. Insight into the economic system of the ...
  • The social setting of the Matthean community : new paths for an old journey 
    Sim, David C. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The scholarly debate about the social setting of the Matthean community has largely focused on the single but complex issue of the relationship between the Matthean community and the Jewish world. In the last decade, ...
  • The purpose of 1 Thessalonians 
    Cornelius, Elma M. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The purpose of a text is related to its rhetorical genre, but it is important to realise that genre is more than the form and function of discourse. Genre derives from and is related to the author's motive in responding ...
  • "Saam een liggaam" (1 Kor 10:17) - Deelname van kinders aan die nagmaal 
    Buitendag, Johan (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The conclusion of the article is that Holy Communion should include infants. When the broader framework of theologizing happens to be the covellant, this possibility becomes an imperative. Children - together with others ...
  • Kommunikasie van die gelykenis van die barmhartige Samaritaan in konteks 
    Scheffler, Eben (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    In this article the communication of the parable of the good Samaritan is investigated with regard to various readers and contexts. Emloying narratological categories the parable is firstly considered as story at face ...
  • Monoteisme en geweld : 'n perspektief op die standpunt van J. Assmann 
    Breytenbach, A.P.B. (Andries Petrus Bernardus), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The problem of monotheism and violence, as put forward by Assmann in a recent article "Monotheismus und Ikonoklasmus als politische Theologie", is addressed. Violence in a religious context more often than not emanates ...
  • Apokaliptiek en millennialisme : die relevansie van die begrip "duisendjarige vredesryk" vir vandag 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.); Groenewald, Jonanda (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    With the turn of the century it once again became clear that apocalypticism and millennialism are important themes. At the dawn of a new millennium the expectancy arises that the end of the world is at hand. Apocalypticism ...
  • John the purifier : his immersion and his death 
    Chilton, Bruce J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    This article aims at arguing that John the Baptist's role in the Synoptic Gospels is both catechetical and christological. John points the way forward to believers' baptism after the manner of Jesus. John's preaching of ...
  • Radiokoolstofdatering en teologiese refleksie 
    Botha, Pieter J.J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    Brief description of radio-carbon and its implications serves as the context for a plea to extensively and radically revise "orthodox" Reformed theological discourse as practised in South Africa. Faith within a worldview ...
  • Godsdienshistoriese agtergrond van die Nuwe Testament : kommentaar op 'n onlangse publikasie 
    Thom, Johan C. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The religio-historic background of the NT is of cardinal importance for its interpretation; however, it is far from easy for New Testament scholars to attain a thorough knowledge of this background. What is needed is not ...
  • Kanon in die kanon 
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The reductionist trend of the notion of a canon in the canon is radically changed in a postmodern era. A modernist hegemonic notion of canon shifted towards a contextually based inter subjective dialogue between reader ...
  • Swyggebod van 1 Korintiers 14:34-35 weer eens onder die loep 
    Du Toit, Andrie B. (Andreas B.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    Discussions of the role of women in the church's ministry, as well as feminist attacks on Paul, require that the debate on 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 should continue. The latest attempt to solve the clash between 1 Corinthians ...
  • Jesus van die geskiedenis : hermeneutiese uitgangspunte in die ondersoek van J P Meier 
    Geyser, Piet A. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The aim of this article is to reflect on the hermeneutical premises in the historical Jesus research of JP Meier. Of the intended three volumes two of Meier's books on Jesus have been published: A marginal Jew: Rethinking ...
  • A model NOT to be imitated? : recent criticisms of Paul 
    Strijdom, Johan (Johannes Matthys) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    In this article recent criticisms of Paul are summarised under the headings of ethnicity (Mack), social class (Theissen), gender (Wire) and homoeroticism (Nissinen). Horsley's positive appraisal of Paul's anti-imperial ...
  • Socio-rhetorical interpretation : theoretical points of departure 
    Van Eck, Ernest (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    In the past two decades, narrative criticism (narratology) and social-scientific criticism have come to the fore as the two most prominent new methodologies to be associated with gospel research. When these two methodologies ...
  • "Law and Gospel" in the Pentateuch organisation 
    Loader, J.A. (James Alfred), 1945- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    Both the structure of the overarching literary blocks in the Pentateuch (primarily containing either narrative or legal material) and the unfolding of its story line attest to the fact that the legal sections in the ...
  • Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk in 1899 
    Botha, S.J. (Schalk Jacobus), 1936- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    The question is posed what the situation of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Church was at the eve of the second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1901. To be able to answer this question, attention is focused on certain aspects of the history ...
  • Son-of-God traditions in the Synoptic Gospels : Ferdinand Hahn's diachronic perspective 
    Dreyer, Yolanda (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)
    This study makes use of Ferdinand Hahn's insights (with Son of God as case study) to indicate how the naming of Jesus developed in stages. It is shown that the name Son of God was not used by Jesus. It functioned within ...