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  • Jesus in new context 
    (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    The aim of this review article is to participate in the current “Jesus studies” debate. “Jesus in New Contexts” is a collection of essays read at an international symposium held in June 1999 in Tutzing, Germany. The symposium ...
  • Jesus in the dumping sites : doing theology in the overlaps of human and material waste 
    De Beer, Stephan F. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-11)
    Jesus’ option for the poor should be reclaimed in a clear theological and ecclesial option for the dumping sites of our cities and towns. That is the basic proposal of this article. Reflecting upon three different dumping ...
  • The Jesus of Paul : a contribution from the social sciences 
    Guijarro, Santiago (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06-07)
    The letters of Paul speak more frequently of the resurrected and exalted Jesus than they do of the earthly Jesus. Nonetheless, this does not mean that the apostle and his addressees did not know the teachings and main ...
  • Jesus The Prophet: Maps and Memories 
    Dannhauser, Estelle Henrietta (University of Pretoria, 2007-09-29)
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  • Jesus the village psychiatrist : a summary 
    Capps, D.E. (Donald Eric) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-08)
    This paper was a response to a panel discussion on the author’s book, Jesus the village psychiatrist, published by Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, KY, 2008 which formed part of the Society of Biblical Literature’s ...
  • Jesus the ‘teacher-saviour’ or ‘saviour-teacher’ : reading the Gospel of Matthew in Chinese contexts 
    Yieh, John Y.H. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    While every interpretation is culturally particular and context-specific, the critical assessment of the hermeneutical principles and social consequences of real examples from different cultures may facilitate fresh readings ...
  • 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 ...
  • Jesus – the immigrant Egyptian Jews in Matthew’s Sondergut : a migration perspective 
    Dube, Zorodzai (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-08-15)
    Using pull and push factors inspired by the migration theory, this study explains Matthew’s Sondergut concerning Jesus’ flight to Egypt from the perspective of possible pull–push factors associated with Egypt and Palestine ...
  • Jesus' father: The quest for the historical Joseph 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    This article aims at demonstrating the historical probability that Joseph, the father of Jesus, should be regarded as a legendary figure. It seems that the Joseph figure is modelled after the patriarch in the First ...
  • Jesus' kingdom parables as metaphorical stories: Challenge to a conventional worldview 
    Reinstorf, Dieter Heinrich; Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    Jesus' parables are to be read as metaphorical stories. Parable as metaphor demands that the parable remains open-ended and polyvalent, with the reader always involved in a participatory role. This article aims at showing ...
  • Jesus' mission to all of Israel emplotted in Matthew's story 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (New Testament Society of South Africa, 2007)
    The aim of this article is to argue that, although the "crowd" and the "gentiles" do not fulfill the same character roles in the plot of the Gospel of Matthew as narrative, both groups function together as the object of ...
  • Jesus, Josephus, and the fall of Jerusalem : on doing history with Scripture 
    Den Hollander, William (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-08-14)
    The destruction of the temple in Jerusalem by the Romans in AD 70 was an unquestionably traumatic event in the history of the Jewish people. By all accounts it was a social, political, and theological disaster. As such, ...
  • Jesus, Judas en 'n stukkie brood. Die betekenis van 'n gebaar in Johannes 13:26 
    Tolmie, D.F. (D. Francois) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    In the Gospel according to John, Jesus identifies Judas as the traitor in a highly dramatic fashion by handing him a morsel. Although Johannine scholars do not often comment on this gesture, in cases where they do, one ...
  • Jesus, psychological type and conflict : a study in biblical hermeneutics applying the reader perspective and SIFT approach to Mark 11:11–21 
    Francis, Leslie John; Ap Sion, Tania (AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-11-17)
    The Marcan account of Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey, cursing the fig tree and overturning the tables of the money changers in the temple provides a classic scriptural reference point for a Christian discussion ...
  • Jesus: Geloofsgeneser? 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.); Ayres, Johan (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    How are we in a modern age to understand the healing wonders of Jesus in the gospel? How must exorcism be understood? The intention of this paper is to indicate that Jesus' exorcisms are to be understood against the ...
  • Jesus’ death and resurrection as cultural trauma 
    Dube, Zorodzai (New Testament Society of South Africa, 2013)
    In her recent book, The Case for Mark Composed in Performance (2012), Antoinette Wire proposes that Mark's gospel was composed of accounts from people who retold Jesus' story over the decades, and not from scattered fragments ...
  • Jewish and Christian approaches to suffering in the reception of Psalm 137 
    Gillingham, Susan (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2019)
    This paper illustrates how Psalm 137 is used to address the question of suffering by Jews and Christians during various crises of faith. In Jewish tradition, the psalm has a “meta-narrative” which meant reading it as a ...
  • Jewish fish (ΙΧΘΥΣ) in post-supersessionist water : Messianic Judaism within a post-supersessionistic paradigm 
    Willits, Joel (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-08-19)
    This article defines, explains and argues for the necessity of a post-supersessionistic hermeneutical posture towards the New Testament. The post-supersessionistic reading of the New Testament takes the Jewish nature of ...
  • Jewish scholarship on the resurrection of Jesus 
    Mishkin, David (University of Pretoria, 2015)
    This thesis, Jewish scholarship on the resurrection of Jesus, is meant to contribute to the wider body of literature on the Jewish study of Jesus. The resurrection is deemed the most important event in the New Testament ...
  • Jews and Christians 
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    This review article of the collection of essays edited by M Van Campen and G C den Hertog deals with the question of the relationship between Jews and Christians. The publication, Israël, volk, land en staat, by the Centre ...