Browsing Research Articles (Old Testament Studies) by Title

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  • Deut 23:18 and the literal and metaphorical aspects of the hire of a harlot 
    Boloje, Blessing Onoriode (University of Stellenbosch, Department of Old and New Testament, 2019)
    The language of prostitution is used in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in both literal and metaphorical senses. Although harlots (prostitutes) and prostitution are mentioned in the HB/OT (Lev 18; 21:1–15 and Deut 23), these ...
  • The deuteronomic view of history in second temple Judaism 
    Geyser-Fouche, Ananda B.; Namgung, Young (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-05)
    The Babylonian Exile was a historical catalyst compelling Jewish authors of the Second Temple period to deal with their respective situations in the course of history according to – or against – various predicaments from ...
  • Deuteronomy 15:1–11 and its socio-economic blueprints for community living 
    Boloje, Blessing Onoriode (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-10-25)
    Biblical criticism regards biblical books as fundamental texts expressing and embodying the core of faith and practice of a believing community. Thus, in line with canonical criticism, this article assumes the Book of ...
  • Deuteronomy 28 and Tell Tayinat 
    Steymans, Hans U. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-10-21)
    The discovery of Esarhaddon’s Succession Treaty (EST) at Tell Tayinat confirms the Assyrian application of this text on western vassals and suggests that the oath tablet was given to Manasseh of Judah in 672 BC, the year ...
  • Deuteronomy in the Second Temple period : law and its developing interpretation 
    Paganini, Simon (OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-09-05)
    A fulfilled ethical life is a desire that in Israel is closely integrated with the observance of laws and legal instructions. The specific way, in which this aspect is concretised, is not the fundamental aspect for the ...
  • "Devoted to destruction". A case of human sacrifice in Leviticus 27? 
    Hattingh, A.J.K.; Meyer, Esias E. (Unisa Press, 2016-12)
    This article reflects on Leviticus 27:28–29 and the possible relation of this text to the practice of human sacrifice in ancient Israel. The article provides an overview of the current state of the debate on human and child ...
  • Did Ms Wisdom of Proverbs 8 become a mystery in 4Qinstruction? 
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07-29)
    The Hebrew Bible is quoted and alluded to in 4QInstruction. There is an obvious similarity between the way the raz nihyeh of 4QInstruction and Lady Wisdom in Proverbs 8 function. This intertextual study investigates this ...
  • 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 ...
  • Different perspectives on poverty in Proverbs, Sirach, and 4QInstruction : wisdom in transit 
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2017)
    Poverty is referred to in Proverbs, as well as Sirach and 4QInstruction. These books do show some mutual tendencies, shared elements and a similar mode of literature, but are also part of a dynamic process. Reference ...
  • The disposal of the hattat flesh 
    Kim, Gyung-Yul; Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-11-14)
    This article investigates the criteria for the disposal of the sin offering in the book of Leviticus, the function of the different ways of disposal and the meaning of the disposal with regard to Leviticus 10:17. It is ...
  • The dissolving of marriages in Ezra 9–10 and Nehemiah 13 revisited 
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-02-22)
    The ‘harsh’ decision in Ezra 10:1–44 and Nehemiah 13:23–31 to terminate marriages with ‘foreign’ women falls strange on modern ears. This article reads these sections against the background of identity formation in ...
  • Divide and be different : priestly identity in the Persian period 
    Meyer, Esias E. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-07-23)
    The article focused on the Hebrew root בדל [divide] [bdl] in Priestly and post-Priestly material of the Pentateuch. In Genesis 1 God is the subject of the verb and often enough in the Holiness Code, but in many instances ...
  • Dodekapropheton : twaalf klein profete of een geheel? 
    De Villiers, Gerda (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-09)
    The Book of the Twelve or the twelve minor prophets received scholarly attention through the ages. Historical criticism pointed out that these prophets lived in different times, in different historical situations and ...
  • Doomsday movements in Africa : restoration of the Ten Commandments of God 
    Venter, P.M. (Pieter Michiel), 1947- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-03)
    This article investigates Kibwetere's Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God. A brief summary of the Movement's short history is followed by an outline of the movement's main beliefs. This Ugandan ...
  • Doppelte Verknotung des Psalters. Kanonhermeneutische Erwä­gun­gen zu den ‘Schnittstellen’ Psalm 18 // 2 Samuel 22 und Psalm 96; 105; 106 // 1 Chronik 16 
    Weber, Beat, 1955- (Ferdinand Schoningh, 2016)
    Übereinstimmungen zwischen Texten variieren dabei beträchtlich. Die umfangreichsten Textanalogien liegen im AT in Ex–Num // Dtn; 1–2 Sam und 1–2 Kön // 1–2 Chr sowie im NT in den Synoptikern bzw. den Evangelien generell ...
  • Dragon myths and biblical theology 
    Miller, Robert D. (Sage, 2019-03)
    A recurrent myth in the Bible about God “slaying a dragon,” primarily in the Old Testament, provides a test case for using the “study of Scripture as the soul of theology” without depending on historical accuracy or indeed ...
  • Drink met vreugde uit die liefdesfontein! - 'n Ou-Testamentiese perspektief op menslike seksualiteit 
    Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006)
    In this article the author discusses the fact that being sexual is part of being human. The Old Testament quite frankly acknowledges this important aspect of our humanity. It unapologetically depicts men and women as ...
  • Duelling dynasties : a proposal concerning Ezekiel’s sign-act of the two sticks 
    Crouch, Carly Lorraine (Sage, 2020-09)
    Ezekiel’s sign-act of the two sticks is an interpretive quagmire. Interpretive issues include the association of ‘Israel’ with both sticks, the use of the name ‘Joseph’ to identify the entity associated with the second ...
  • Eckart Otto’s contribution to the question of the composition of the Sinai pericope : an appreciation 
    Wildenboer, Johannes Michael (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2019-12-12)
    The composition of the Sinai pericope presents the reader with several literary problems, with specific reference to the incoherence of the text caused by textual irregularities in the sense of time, genre and theological ...
  • Eckart Otto’s contributions to Pentateuchal research 
    Romer, Thomas Christian (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2019-12-12)
    In order to highlight and appreciate Eckart Otto’s contributions to a better scientific understanding of the Pentateuch, I will not enumerate and comment on all the books and papers that he has written in this regard ...