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  • The Maccabean literature and Hebrews : some intertextual observations 
    Steyn, Gert Jacobus (Unisa Press, 2015)
    Several common motifs and linguistic similarities between the books of the Maccabees and the book of Hebrews were noted in the past by scholars in random remarks and ad hoc statements. These relations and similarities ...
  • Macht van de dood en de kracht van God : enkele bijbelse perspectieven 
    Weren, Wim J.C. (Wilhelmus Johannes Cornelis) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-03-26)
    This article investigates how the might of death and the power of God are related in biblical writings. Factually, there are various biblical images concerning this relationship. Four of them are discussed in this ...
  • Macht, onmacht en volmacht in 1 Timoteus 2:8-15 
    Van Houwelingen, Pieter Harry Robert (OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-02-24)
    Thinking in terms of ecclesiastical power has often found a breeding ground in the Pastoral Epistles. To what extent is this justified? This article will examine a passage that always comes up when the position of women ...
  • Marriage, sexuality, and holiness : aspects of marital ethics in the Corpus Paulinum 
    Zimmermann, Ruben, 1968- (Faculty of Theology of the University of the Orange Free State, 2011-12)
    A fundamental change in the understanding of marriage becomes apparent in the first century A.D., described by M. Foucault as the transition from a “matrimonial” to a “conjugal” marital concept. While early Christianity ...
  • (Mat. 6:13b) : reading the Lord’s prayer through Ewe-Ghanaian demonological lens 
    Van Eck, Ernest; Sakitey, Daniel (University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2019-12-13)
    This article examines the phrase ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμãς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ in Matthew’s rendition of the Lord’s Prayer through the Ewe-Ghanaian demonological lens. It employs a combination of the historical-critical and indigenous ...
  • The Matthean community’s state of coexistence between Jews and Gentiles 
    Shin, In-Cheol (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-12-02)
    The past century has seen various studies on the nature of Matthew’s community, and conclusions are still being debated. The study on which this article is based acknowledges the past studies, but further proposes that ...
  • Matthean Jesus and forgiveness in light of national healing, peace and reconciliation in Zimbabwe, 2008–2017 
    Chamburuka, Sheila W.; Van Eck, Ernest (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-07-25)
    The history of Zimbabwe is characterised by a series of challenges, which, at different turning points, manifested themselves through violent conflicts, since its independence in 1980. Faced with the challenges associated ...
  • Matthean Jesus and peacebuilding in Zimbabwe 2018-2019 
    Chamburuka, Sheila W. (AOSIS, 2020-11)
    This article is an assessment of the applicability of the Matthean Jesus’ ethics in the context of peacebuilding in Zimbabwe (2018–2019). The article explores the factors which led to the removal of former President ...
  • Matthew 27:45-53 as the turning of the tide in Israel's history 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)
    Matthew considers both the fall of the Jerusalem / the Temple and the coming of the Son of Man as being anticipated in the crucifixion/resurrection of Jesus. This article argues that Matthew places these two events within ...
  • Matthew and apocalypticism as the “mother of Christian theology” : Ernst Käsemann revisited 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    The aim of this article is to reflect on Ernst Käsemann’s dictum that apocalypticism was the mother of all Christian theology. Käsemann used the Jesus tradition behind the Gospel of Matthew for the substantiation of his ...
  • Matthew studies today – a willingness to suspect and a willingness to listen 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.); Dreyer, Yolanda (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-07)
    The aim of the article is to describe the state of Matthean studies by means of Paul Ricoeur’s notion of the ‘hermeneutical arc’. The focus will be on the relationship of women in Matthew’s gospel to the male disciples. ...
  • Matthew's designation of the role of women as indirectly adherent disciples 
    Shin, In-Cheol (New Testament Society of South Africa, 2007)
    This study aims to show that women are indirectly adherent disciples. Discipleship is broadly discussed in Matthew's narrative; the twelve are not the only disciples, as other disciples also appear. There are some clues ...
  • Matthew's Messianic Shepherd-king : in search of "the lost sheep of the house of Israel" 
    Willitts, Joel (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    The article intends to grasp the meaning of the phrase "the lost sheep of the house of Israel" in the Matthean logia of 10:5b-6 (and 15:24). It shows that in recent Matthean research the phrase has become an abstract ...
  • Matthew, memory theory and the New No Quest 
    Crook, Zeba A. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-11-20)
    This article explores the effects of cognitive and social memory theory on the quest for the historical Jesus. It is not the case that all memory is hopelessly unreliable, but it is the case that it commonly is. Memory ...
  • Matthew, Paul and the origin and nature of the gentile mission : the great commission in Matthew 28:16-20 as an anti-Pauline tradition 
    Sim, David C. (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-03)
    The Great Commission at the conclusion of Matthew's Gospel is one of its key texts. In this tradition the risen Christ overturns the previous restriction of the mission to Israel alone and demands that the disciples ...
  • Measuring and weighing psychostasia in Q 6:37–38 : intertexts from the Old Testament 
    Howes, Llewellyn (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-02-20)
    This article is the first of three on the relationship between the Sayings Gospel Q and the ancient concept of ‘psychostasia,’ which is the ancient notion that a divine or supernatural figure weighed people’s souls when ...
  • The memorable invention of the death of Jesus 
    Dewey, Arthur J. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2016-07-08)
    The death story of Jesus of Nazareth has traditionally been understood as a matter of historical fact. The various versions of the story would seem to confirm a documented death scene. Nevertheless, critical appraisals ...
  • Memories of Gukurahundi massacre and the challenge of reconciliation 
    Gusha, Isheanesu Sextus (Church History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Press, 2019)
    When Zimbabwe attained her independence from colonial powers in 1980, prospects of a peaceful nation were high, especially following the pledge made by the Prime Minister Elect in his victory speech. Isaiah 2:4b was ...
  • Memory and historical Jesus studies : formgeschichte in a new dress? 
    Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-05-18)
    In the quest for the historical Jesus, memory studies are seen as an important breakthrough in the study of the historical Jesus and the way forward in establishing the historicity of the Gospel traditions. This article ...
  • Memory, collective memory, orality and the gospels 
    Duling, Dennis C. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06)
    This article first explores individual memory as understood from the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans to modern-day neurology and psychology. The perspective is correlated with collective memory theory in the works ...