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  • 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 ...
  • Job and Ecclesiastes as (postmodern?) wisdom in revolt 
    Roper, Leon A.; Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-09-13)
    This article will be concerned with the question whether the books of Job and Ecclesiastes can be viewed as (postmodern) wisdom in revolt or not. Three questions underlie this title: firstly, are the books of Job and ...
  • Johan Heyns and the class of '51 - prolegomena to a story of people who got hurt 
    Landman, Christina (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    This article consists of three parts. In the first part a story is told of Johan Heyns and some of the men who shared with him the final year of theological training at the University of Pretoria in 1951. In the second ...
  • Johannes Brahms, agnosticism and some other wisdom 
    Loader, J.A. (James Alfred), 1945- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    The use made of the biblical text in the cycle Vier ernste Gesange by Johannes Brahms is investigated. The German text of Qohelet. Ben Sira and 1 Corinthians and the impact of their reciprocal relationship as Opus 121 are ...
  • Johannes Dreyer (1500–1544) – die Hervormer van Herford 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-02-28)
    During 2017, churches with roots in the 16th century Reformation look back at five centuries of reformed Christianity. Much attention is given to important leaders of the Reformation such as Luther and Calvin. However, ...
  • Johannese "Logos" kom opnuut tuis in Afrika 
    Du Rand, J.A. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    In many parts of Africa people are still staggering under the burden of colonialism, civil wars, illnesses, drought, famine, poverty and corruption, to name but a few. On the other hand, one should also take notice of the ...
  • Johannese Ekklesiologie? 
    Potgieter, S.T. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    In this research certain theological concepts in the so-called farewell discourses of Jesus in John 13:1-17:26 is systematised. These theological concepts are identified as the unique characteristics belonging to a group ...
  • Johannese perspektief op die huwelik, geslagsrolle en seksualiteit in 'n postmoderne konteks 
    Le Roux, Elritia (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-03)
    The hypothesis offered in this study is that the Johannine texts are authoritative, canononical documents with the inherent potential that is applicable to the practical lives of the faithful. Since Biblical texts are ...
  • Johannine metaphors / symbols linked to the Paraclete-Spirit and their theological implications 
    Joubert, Johann van Dijk (Faculty of Theology of the University of the Orange Free State, 2007-06)
    The Johannine author uses metaphors and symbols to enable the primary and secondary readers to come to a better understanding of the Paraclete-Spirit. The study of particular Johannine metaphors is valuable in understanding ...
  • The Johannine prologue : a hermeneutical key to the community theme 
    Gharbin, Godibert Kelly; Van Eck, Ernest (AOSIS, 2022-10-13)
    As John wrote to a community grappling with incarnating its communalistic values, he furnishes readers with remedies for addressing such sociocultural maladies. However, to appreciate the Johannine response to colossal ...
  • Johannine style : some initial remarks on the functional use of repetition in the Gospel according to John 
    Van der Watt, J.G. (Jan Gabriel), 1952- (Gereformeerde Teologiese Vereniging, 2008-04)
    Some of the ways in which John uses the stylistic feature of re-petition in his Gospel are investigated. His repetitive use of the concept “eternal life” is first focused on, pointing out the stylistic changes that occur ...
  • John 1:51 and the motif of Jacob's ladder in Genesis 28:12 
    Kim, Jaesoon (University of Pretoria, 2015)
    The motif of Jacob s vision in John 1:51 is used to prove that Jesus was the apocalyptic Son of Man who fulfilled the promise that was given to Jacob through his dream in Genesis 28:12. This dream was different from ...
  • John 21:24-25: a case of failed attestation? 
    Tolmie, D.F. (D. Francois) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    In this article the tendency to interpret John 21:24-25 narratologically as a highly sophisticated and effective technique is disputed. Instead it is argued that the Beloved Disciple is identified in these verses as the ...
  • John Calvin and creation : retrieving Calvin’s ecological insights on Genesis 1 
    Kavusa, Kivatsi Jonathan (University of Stellenbosch, 2021)
    John Calvin has been largely studied given his influential role in the Reformation. I come from a Church with strong Calvinist traditions. During catechisms, we were mainly taught about Calvin’s theology in areas such ...
  • John Calvin and the church in a time of transition 
    Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus) (Teologiese Fakulteit, Universiteit van Stellenbosch, 2009-09)
    Why do Calvinist’s need to reflect on the church in a time of transition? The importance of theological reflection in such a time is briefly visited. The importance of understanding transition is explored, emphasizing the ...
  • John Calvin as ‘public theologian’ in view of his ‘Commentary on Seneca’s de Clementia’ 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-06-25)
    During the 16th century, Europe underwent fundamental sociopolitical changes, which challenged theologians and the church to respond theologically. In light of the celebration of the Reformation (1517–2017) and the theme ...
  • John de Gruchy’s understanding of the Kingdom of God as articulated in “The Church Struggle in South Africa" 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (Church History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Press, 2019)
    In 2019, John W. de Gruchy turns 80 and it will be 40 years after his influential The Church Struggle in South Africa was published. This contribution reflects on the last chapter of De Gruchy’s book, titled The Kingdom ...
  • John Muafangejo's How God loves his people all over the world as material religionJohn Muafangejo's How God loves his people all over the world as material religion 
    Beyers, Jaco; Kriel, Lize (Brill Academic Publishers, 2020-09)
    The artworks produced at the Evangelical Lutheran Church Art and Craft Centre at Rorke’s Drift, KwaZulu-Natal, have been highly appraised and appreciated in South African art-historical circles, not in the least so as ...