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  • Baals of Bashan 
    Miller II, Robert D. (Center National de la Recherche Scientifique, 2014)
    SUMMARY This essay argues that the phrase “Bulls of Bashan” is not about famous cattle but about cultic practice. Although this has been suggested before, this essay uses archaeology and climatology to show ancient Golan ...
  • The Babylonian exile as the birth trauma of monotheism 
    Markl, Dominik (Peeters, 2020)
    The reasons that led to the transition from the promotion of the exclusive worship of YHWH in pre-exilic Judah to the post-exilic formulation of ‘theoretical monotheism’, i.e., the denial of the existence of any god other ...
  • “Be exalted, o God, above the heavens!” (Psalm 108:6) - studies in the Book of Psalms and its reception. Presented to Phil J. Botha on his 65th birthday 
    Prinsloo, Gert Thomas Marthinus; Weber, Beat, 1955- (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2019)
    A new psalm had to be composed for new circumstances. It made use of a well-known oracle of God, but in a new political, social, religious, and/or historical context, that oracle had a new message. In a context of praise, ...
  • The beautiful infant and Israel’s salvation 
    Loader, J.A. (James Alfred), 1945- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06-07)
    The motif from the Exodus story of Moses as a beautiful infant is considered on several levels. Firstly, the immediate context of Exodus 2 in the Hebrew Bible and in the Septuagint is investigated. Exodus 2 is then related ...
  • Bedeutungen und Bilder der Gebärmutter in der Hebräischen Bibel 
    Van der Zwan, Pieter (Unisa Press, 2015)
    Die Gebärmutter kann in der Hebräischen Bibel durch vier verschiedene Wörter ausgedrückt werden: ] ,ןֶטֶב ,םֶחֶר מעה ] und בֶםֶק . Dass diese Wörter auch manchmal metaphorisch oder mit anderen Bedeutungen gebraucht werden, ...
  • Beeld van die 'verborge gesig' van God : 'en moet asseblief nie u aangesig vir u kneg verberg nie!' (Ps 69:18a) 
    Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2006)
    One of the Psalm texts which expressis verbis refer to the hiddenness of the face of God is Psalm 69; and specifically Psalm 69:18. Approximately two and a half thousand years ago the scribes / theologians who created the ...
  • Behemot en Leviatan as paradoksale simbole van God se beskerming en sorg vir die skepping  
    Pistorius, Hendrik Gerhardus (Unisa Press, 2013)
    This article focuses on the second divine speech in the book of Job (chapter 40-41). In this second speech of God the authors describe the ability of God to sustain and safeguard His creation and keep cosmic order. The ...
  • Beliggaamde realisme en ekobillike Godskonstrukte 
    Venter, Philip P. (OpenJournals, 2009)
    The findings of modern cognitive sciences have far-reaching implications for the philosophical framework within which theological texts have been and could be interpreted. In this regard, the body presents itself as an ...
  • Beneath the body of the text : body-images in the Song of Songs 
    Van der Zwan, Pieter (Unisa Press, 2017-12)
    The various explicit references and descriptions of the different bodies in the Song of Songs have, just as characters, an “unconscious” which can be interpreted by psychoanalysis. These body-images are important as they ...
  • Beyond monotheism? Some remarks and questions on conceptualising ‘monotheism’ in Biblical Studies 
    Frevel, Christian (OpenJournals Publishing, 2013-09-20)
    In the first part of this article I outline serious objections against the concept of monotheism. I will ask whether the ambiguity and the problem discredit the concept of monotheism as inappropriate for Biblical Studies, ...
  • Bible translation and gender, challenges and opportunities - with specific reference to sub-Saharan Africa 
    Mojola, A.O. (Aloo) (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2018-08)
    This article focuses on issues of gender in Bible translation and looks at how the dominant patriarchal framework that underlies biblical cultures, including both traditional and contemporary cultures, influences ...
  • A biblical perspective and critique of homosexuality by the Xhosa culture 
    Mtshiselwa, Ndikho (Vincent Ndikhokele Ndzondelelo) (Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of LIMPOPO, 2011)
    The clergy and the laity of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) are of opposing views in their attempt to deal with the phenomenon of homosexuality in the church. Scripture says, “Do not practice homosexuality, ...
  • Biblical pragmatism in the pandemic outbreak of Numbers 25:1–18 : towards an African paradigm 
    Ndoga, Sampson S. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2021-07-12)
    Numbers 25 presents a human crisis requiring swift leadership interventions to curb the plague. Leadership failure plays out on a number of levels before decisive and resolute interventions are taken. This passage shows ...
  • Binitariarism 
    Teugels, Lieve M. (De Gruyter, 2023-06)
    Binitarianism is the belief in two persons within one godhead. This is usually distinguished from bitheism—belief in two gods, but this distinction is not always clear in the scholarly literature. In this entry we take ...
  • "Blessed is he who considers the poor" Perspectives from Book V in the Psalter 
    Fischer, Georg (Unisa Press, 2016-12)
    The fifth book of the Psalter shows a notable increase in the attention given to the poor. Several psalms therein emphasize this topic and occupy specific positions, e.g., Pss 107, 109, 146, and 147. Dominant themes are ...
  • The body in poverty – Psalm 22 
    Van der Zwan, Pieter (Unisa Press, 2017-11)
    The bodily suffering in this psalm can be related to a socio-economic situation of poverty. In addition, it is also closely linked to an experience of distance from God and the community of belonging with its terrible ...
  • The book of Isaiah as Isaiah's book : the latest development in the research of the prophets 
    Berges, Ulrich (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2010)
    The aim of this article is to represent conclusions for scholarly exegesis from recent developments in the field of the prophets, especially those pertaining to the Book of Isaiah. In order to do this, the author will ...
  • The book of Jeremiah : realisation of threats of the Torah – and also of promises? 
    Fischer, Georg (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2019-12-07)
    The relationship between the Torah and the Prophets has been a matter of dispute. This article discusses the links of the Book of Jeremiah especially with the warnings in Leviticus 26 and the curses in Deuteronomy 28, ...
  • The "book of life" (Psalm 69:29) - a question of life or death? 
    Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    The image “book of life” is mentioned expressis verbis in Psalm 69:29a. The supplicant appeals to God to erase his enemies from the “book of life”. The aim of this paper is to elaborate on this image. Quite varied notions ...
  • 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 ...