Browsing Theology by Author "Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944-"

Browsing Theology by Author "Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944-"

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  • Abraham’s reinterpretation and life’s meaning 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-11-30)
    This article contributes to the theme of life’s fullness by emphasising the struggle for meaning during the Persian era as reflected in Genesis 15 and 17. The community’s ‘strategy’ was to reflect on their identity in ...
  • Andries van Aarde as historical Jesus scholar 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-07-07)
    This article focuses on Andries van Aarde’s work on the historical Jesus and especially his book, Fatherless in Galilee, which made an important contribution to historical Jesus study in South Africa. In the first part ...
  • Andries van Aarde se Matteusinterpretasie 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1996)
    This article focuses on Andries van Aarde's interpretation of the Gospel of Matthew. His book, 'God-with-us: The dominant perspective in Matthew's story, and other essays', consists of a number of articles covering different ...
  • Andries van Aarde se vaderlose Jesus 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    This article focuses on Andries Van Aarde’s book, “Fatherless in Galilee”, is an important contribution to the historical Jesus study in South Africa. Van Aarde depicted Jesus as someone who grew up fatherless. For Jesus ...
  • Andries van Aarde’s Matthew interpretation 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06-07)
    This article focused on Andries van Aarde’s interpretation of the Gospel of Matthew. It argues that Van Aarde has changed his approach to Matthew in the course of time. At the beginning of his career he focused on ...
  • The Book of Ruth in the time of the Judges and Ruth, the Moabitess 
    De Villiers, Gerda; Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07-22)
    This article addresses two issues in the Book of Ruth that have not yet received much scholarly attention: why is the narrative plotted in the time of the judges, whilst the time of narration dates to the postexilic ...
  • The different manifestations of suffering and the Lukan Jesus 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-11-14)
    Eben Scheffler wrote much on poverty and social injustice, and this article focusses on his understanding of the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts in order to comprehend the different dimensions of suffering and the ...
  • Editorial : Eben Scheffler Festschrift 
    Van Aarde, Andries G.; Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944-; Lombaard, Christoffel Johannes Stephanus (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-12)
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  • Exegesis is a game 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-11-21)
    Eben Scheffler’s understanding of Luke 24:13–33 enabled us to understand the exegesis of the Old Testament of the past two millennia as a play with words, expressions and interpretations. According to Luke, the suffering ...
  • Filosofie kan die teologie help om weg te beweeg van ‘n onhistoriese, sinkroniese interpretasie van tekste na ‘n historiese, diakroniese interpretasie van tekste 
    Labuschagne, Pieter Hendrik Johannes; Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-07-05)
    In the last few decades in South Africa, much emphasis has been placed on unhistorical, synchronistic interpretations of the text of the Old Testament. Very little effort has been made to look into the long historical ...
  • Gerhard von Rad – ’n honderd jaar 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    In 2001 Old Testament scholars celebrated the birth of Gerhard von Rad’s birth one hundred years ago. As a contribution to these celebrations, this article focuses on Von Rad and his views on history. Von Rad emphasized ...
  • Godsdiens het die politiek nodig en die politiek is weerloos daarsonder 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    In 1996 Karel van der Toom published a very important book on family religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel. He introduced us to the very exciting world of ancient man and his religion. This article stresses the importance ...
  • Hans-Georg Gadamer en die Ou Testament 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    Some aspects of Gadamer's hermeneutics are discussed below: his view on method, the finiteness of being human, the value of prejudices and so forth. With Gadamer's help we are also able to think anew about our South African ...
  • Historical understanding and rethinking the foundations 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    This article contributes to the fundamental rethinking of New Testament scholarship being undertaken by New Testament scholars attached to the University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa. The thrust of the ...
  • Historical understanding has a history 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (University of Stellenbosch, Department of Old and New Testament, 2017)
    This article is dedicated to Hendrik Bosman and to a certain extent it is the outcome of our many discussions about the historical understanding of the Old Testament. In this article it is argued that such an understanding ...
  • Jesaja 36-39 - sinkroniese en diakroniese lees van 'n teks 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944-; Cronje, S.I. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    There has been growing interest in the book of Isaiah, particularly with regard to the unity of the book. The current debate has grown out of the discontent of more and more researchers with the historical-critical methods ...
  • Julius Wellhausen – die denke van ’n Ou-Testamentikus 
    Serfontein, Gideon Johannes; Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-05-10)
    The purpose of this article is to examine the life, influence and greatest works of Old Testament scholar Julius Wellhausen. Wellhausen was influenced by the findings of other Old Testament critics that preceded him, ...
  • Kontoere van 'n weerwoord 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1995-09-20)
    The outline of an answer: This article is a response to J A Loader's evaluation of my book, "A story of two ways". It is argued that neither Loader nor any other scholar referred to in the book were deliberately belittled ...
  • Lewe met die vaders : oor Carl Borchardt as student van die vroee kerk 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1995)
    This article focuses on Carl Borchardt's contribution to the study of the early church. Especially one aspect of his historical endeavours is highlighted: the close link between the Bible and church history. He illustrated ...
  • Lyf se troos 
    Le Roux, J.H. (Jurie Hendrik), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006)
    This article focuses on the body as an 'instrument' to console and comfort others. In the early church so much attention was given to the soul and its salvation that the body was neglected. According to the Manichaeans the ...