Browsing HTS Volume 53, Number 3 (1997) by Title

Browsing HTS Volume 53, Number 3 (1997) by Title

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  • Herfsfees en die koningsrite by Bet-El as interteks van Amos 7: 1 0-8: 14 en Hosea 9: 1-9 
    Breytenbach, A.P.B. (Andries Petrus Bernardus), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    It is argued that a text from the Samaritan Liturgy which describes a royal rite at Bethel on the last day of the autumnal festival, represents a reliable tradition. This text, as well as Deuteronomy 26:2-15 to which ...
  • Interpreting the Bible in the 'new' South Africa : remarks on some problems and challenges 
    Human, Dirk J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    The Bible plays an important role in South African society. The interpretation of this book within or outside the Christian community has become an increaslingly major source of debate. It has been used and misused in ...
  • Jesus and cultural values : family life as an example 
    Osiek, Carolyn (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    'Family values' is a set of traditional images that most cultures collect, images drawn mostly from an idealized picture of family life in the recent past. For Christians, the popular image of Jesus gets included: the Holy ...
  • Kerkleiding in die een en twintigste eeu 
    Beukes, M.J. du P. (Mattheus Johannes du Plessis) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    The view of church members relating to the roll of the church, roll overloading and different roll expectations have caused new thinking in the church leadership with a view on the twenty first century. This new thinking ...
  • Liefde in die familie van God. 'n Beskrywende uiteensetting van familiale liefdesverhoudinge in die Johannesevangelie 
    Van der Watt, J.G. (Jan Gabriel), 1952- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Love is the central ethical term in John's Gospel. The meaning of the term is often misunderstood. This article investigates the use of the term in John's Gospel, especially within its familial context. It is established that, ...
  • Missionêre gerigtheid van die kerk 
    Van der Merwe, J.C. (Jacobus Christiaan); Beukes, M.J. du P. (Mattheus Johannes du Plessis) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Statistics show that the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika is not growing. The basic cause of this situation seems to be that the Church is not spending enough of its efforts and energy on being a missionary church, ...
  • Oorspronge van die belydenis 'Jesus is God' in die vroegste Christendom : 'n ondersoek na metodes en kriteria 
    Van Wyk, D.J.C. (Daniel Johannes Cornelius) (jr) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    In this study an argument is made for reopening the debate on one of the most central and crucial confessions of Christianity, namely 'Jesus is God'. In current Christological research there is an apparent discepancy concerning ...
  • Rudolf Bultmann oor die opstanding van Jesus 
    Pelser, G.M.M. (Gerhardus Marthinus Maritz) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    The findings of the Jesus Seminar in the USA regarding the resurrection of Jesus as well as the fairly recent (1994) publication of Gerd Lademann's book on the resurrection of Jesus prompted this investigation into Bultmann's ...
  • 'Sondaars' in die tyd van Jesus 
    Pienaar, Henk (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    The hypothesis which is investigated in this article is that the expression 'sinners' is to be seen as a label for those people who were not socially accommodated within Israelite society in the time of Jesus. This ostracism ...
  • Teologieë as gevaarlike mensemaaksels : Burton Mack se evaluasie van vroeg-Christelike mites 
    Strijdom, Johan (Johannes Matthys) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    After an introductory explication of the social approach to myths/theologies and a consideration of the ethical urgency for such a humanistic strategy, this article offers a systematic survey of Burton Mack's incisive ...
  • Tomasevangelie : inleidende opmerkings 
    Van Eck, Ernest (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    The aim of this article is to present to South-African theologians, ministers and believers, in fairly popular fashion, the current debate in regard to some aspects of the non-canonical Gospel of Thomas. Attention is given ...
  • Transformerende riglyne vir die kerk uit Lukas 14 : mense is belangriker as reels en grense 
    Van Staden, Piet (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    It has been shown by scholars that Mediterranean culture of the first century exhibits certain distinctive characteristics in personality type and in concomitant social behaviour. Generally speaking, Mediterranean people ...
  • Verkenning van postmodernisme en 'n ekskurs op Daniel 7-12 
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    This orientation to the contents and meaning of postmodenism, investigating its relation to poststructuralism and its literary implications for exegesis, proposes that Daniel 7-12 can be read as sub- or minor narratives.
  • Voorstellings van Batseba : intertekstualiteit in literêre kuns, beeldende kuns en werklikheid 
    Bezuidenhout, L.C. (Louis Christiaan) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Interesting parallels between literary and visual arts exist. A text may possess visuality, while visual arts may possess textuality. In this paper, the interrelations between the literary description of the story of ...