Browsing Research Articles (New Testament Studies) by Subject "SDG-03: Good health and well-being"

Browsing Research Articles (New Testament Studies) by Subject "SDG-03: Good health and well-being"

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  • Reading the Christ hymn in Philippians in light of Paul’s letter to the Romans 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (New Testament Society of South Africa, 2018-12)
    From a rhetorical perspective, the article argues that, for Paul, the figure of Adam serves as both a paradeigma (in a positive sense) and a contrarium (in a negative “epideictic” sense). This rhetorical technique occurs ...
  • Reception of Jesus as healer in Mark’s community 
    Dube, Zorodzai (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-07-30)
    This study traces the manner in which the evangelist Mark presents Jesus as a healer. While this is the primary focus, I am also interested, from an identity perspective, in why Mark is keen to present Jesus as the best ...
  • Ritual failure in Romans 6 
    Smit, Peter-Ben A. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-08-05)
    Ritual studies are slow to make a large impact on New Testament studies, despite a number of notable exceptions. This notwithstanding, rituals occur frequently in the New Testament, in particular when there is a problem ...
  • Ritual healing theory and Mark’s healing Jesus : implications for healing rituals within African Pentecostal churches 
    Dube, Zorodzai (New Testament Society of Southern Africa, 2019)
    This article uses ritual healing theory to explore the meaning and function of healing rituals performed by Jesus, the Galilean healer, and to raise alarm concerning some healing rituals found in a number of African ...
  • Servant leadership : Son of Man as Minister and Life giver in Mark 10.45 
    Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon (Brill Academic Publishers, 2017)
    This article discusses the Son of Man as Minister and Life giver in Mk 10.45. The Son of Man as Minister is the servant who did not come on earth to be ministered to but to minister to others. The Son of Man as the Life ...
  • The spirituality of Q 
    Foster, Paul (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-07-01)
    The term spirituality is notoriously difficult to define, as is evidenced by the discussions between contemporary sociologists of religion. If there are any central elements to such a definition, they revolve around the ...
  • The Talmud, the Hippocratic Corpus and Mark’s healing Jesus on infectious diseases 
    Dube, Zorodzai (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-07-30)
    Through interacting with the sick, did Jesus contract infectious diseases or did he take preventive herbs to avoid them? During biblical times, infectious diseases were fatal. Diarrhoea, cough, pneumonia and skin diseases ...
  • Ukutwasa – the call of a healer : an analogical lens into Jesus of Nazareth in Mark’s Gospel 
    Dube, Zorodzai (Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, 2019)
    Jesus’ retreat into the wilderness soon after being baptized by John has been interpreted from three perspectives –as an echo of exodus narrative, an echo of Isaiah restoration narrative and as a baptismal liturgy. Because ...
  • The unusual practices within some neo-pentecostal churches in South Africa : reflections and recommendations 
    Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-09-29)
    This article reflects and makes recommendations on the recent unusual practices within some Neo-Pentecostal churches in South Africa. Neo-Pentecostal churches in South Africa refer to churches that have crossed denominational ...
  • Why did people choose for the Jesus-Movement? 
    Verhoef, Eduard (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2016-06-10)
    The must have been critical factors that made the growth of Christianity possible. What factors made it possible for Christianity to grow from 0 to 10 per cent of the population of the Roman Empire in the year 300, and ...