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HTS Volume 53, Number 4 (1997): Recent submissions

  • Enkele motiewe vir 'n eietydse verstaan van die belydenisskrifte 
    Koekemoer, J.H. (Johannes Hendrik), 1935- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    The present century has seen an increasing opposition to creeds and doctrinal statements of faith. The question for the church and theology is how to read the creeds in such a way that it will not deprive us from our own ...
  • Belydenis: objektiewe waarheid of eksistensiële uitdrukking van geloof? 
    Steenkamp, L.J.S. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Confession of belief originates when someone (the believer or the church) is so touched existentially by the Person, Jesus Christ, that he or she cannot help declaring that Jesus is the living Lord. This confession, therefore, ...
  • Kan daar iets oor God gesê word? 'n perspektief vanuit die kritiese wysheid 
    Bezuidenhout, L.C. (Louis Christiaan) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    In the critical wisdom, traditional dogmata are scrutinised and proved to be unreliable. Yet, a new concept of 'theology' is proposed. The value of logic is appreciated, but its limits are accepted. Instead of ...
  • Inheemswording en inkulturasie : implikasies vir teologie en kerk 
    Van der Merwe, P.J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Although the intimate bond between Church and culture was realised quite early on, it only became a theological issue after missionaries like Xavier, Ricci and DeNobili experimented with accommodation and adaptation in ...
  • Moet die Afrikaanse Kerke skuld bely oor apartheid? : wat leer ons uit die Duitsers se worsteling met skuld? 
    Van Wyk, I.W.C. (Ignatius William Charles) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    This article asks the question whether the Afrikaans-speaking churches should confess guilt publicly for their support of the apartheid-state. A short summary is given to different opinions in South Africa. The main focus ...
  • Verhouding verkondiging en belydenis by Paulus 
    Pelser, G.M.M. (Gerhardus Marthinus Maritz) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    It is a well-known fact that in his letters Paul for different purposes made use of traditional materials, among others confessional formulae and hymns. In this study the question is asked as to how these materials were ...
  • Meesternarratiewe, kontranarratiewe en kanonisering - perspektief op sommige profetiese geskrifte 
    Breytenbach, A.P.B. (Andries Petrus Bernardus), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    The raison d'etre of this study is the problem of normative theological dicta in parts of the Old Testament, which are contradicted in another or even the same book of the Old Testament. In this article canonisation as an ...
  • Verhouding prediking-belydenis in 'n post-moderne konteks: huwelik of saamwoon? 
    Dreyer, T.F.J. (Theunis Frederik Jacobus), 1946- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    This article attempts, within the tradition of the Reformation, to investigate the relationship between preaching and the confession of the church. Through the ages, this relationship altered from a spontaneous interaction ...
  • Eindigheid, eie opstanding en die politiek van différance 
    Beukes, C. Johann (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Employing Derrida' s notion of différance, the author approaches the conviction of life after death (own resurrection ) as a conviction which has been typically marginalized and even disallowed by modernity. The politics ...
  • Plek en funksie van belydenisskrifte in die kategese van die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk 
    Beukes, M.J. du P. (Mattheus Johannes du Plessis) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Since the publication of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika's most recent catechism text books (1982-1989), there has been concern that the articles of faith of the church, and particularly the Heidelberg Catechism, ...
  • Oor die bestaan van God en oor niksheid 
    Labuschagne, Kobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    The views of Karl Barth and the 'Heilsgeschichte'-tradition on the one hand, and those of Rudolf Bultmann and the 'Formkritik'-tradition on the other hand, do not differ so much on the method of objective historical research. ...
  • Belydenis in kerkregtelike verband met besondere verwysing na die konsep Kerkorde 1997, Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika 
    Botha, S.J. (Schalk Jacobus), 1936- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    In essence the question under discussion is about the functioning of the confession in church polity and how it is phrased in the concept Church Ordinance (1997) of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika. This logically ...
  • Images of Christ's saving work in Ps.-Epiphanius' homilies 
    Stander, Hennie (Hendrik Frederik), 1953- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    One cannot really speak of a systematic theology on the subject of atonement in the patristic writers. Frances Young once said that 'it is in fact impossible to categorize neatly the thought of the major patristic ...
  • Egskeiding in die antieke Semitiese wêreld 
    Schutte, P.J.W. (Philippus Jacobus Wilhelmus) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Although divorces did occur in the ancient Semitic world, divorce never became a casual or even an accepted phenomenon in especially the Jewish community. Marriage was the normal state of affairs for Jews, and they ...
  • Konsep 'Seun van God' in Grieks-Romeinse en Hellenisties-Semitiese literatuur 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Christians among the Greek-speaking Israelites referred to Jesus as, inter alia, 'Son of God'. The connotation of this honorific title differs from the usage of that by Israelites prior to Hellenistic influence, who ...
  • Montage, von Rad en belydenis 
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Following Sailhamer's practice of using the term 'montage' as a hermeneutical key for understanding the canon of the Old Testament, this term is investigated and it is shown that Von Rad used it as a technique in his works ...
  • Ontstaan van belydenisskrifte gedurende die sestiende en sewentiende eeu 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    This article examins the background, history and development of Reformed confessions in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but especially the Swiss and French confessions which influenced the Belgic Confession of ...
  • Feminist and the Bible : hermeneutical alternatives 
    Osiek, Carolyn (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Amid the varieties of feminist interpretive methods in biblical scholarship, this article suggests a general typology of approaches: rejection of the claims of biblical authority; acceptance of those claims with critique of ...
  • 'Who is wise and understanding among you' (James 3: 13)? An analysis of wisdom, eschatology and apocalypticism in the epistle of James 
    Hartin, Patrick J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Three questions form the basis of this analysis of the relationship of the Epistle of James to the traditions of wisdom, eschatology and apocalypticism. What kind of traditions are involved in James? What is the world view ...
  • Inference and relevance in Paul's allegory of the wild olive tree 
    Maartens, P.J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Relevance theory accounts for Paul's preference for 'the wild olive' tree in using horticultural practices of grafting to symbolise his mission to the Gentiles. The olive tree facilitates inclusive imagery. The principle ...