Browsing Research Articles (New Testament Studies) by Subject "Parables"

Browsing Research Articles (New Testament Studies) by Subject "Parables"

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  • A decolonial biblical perspective on Jesus inspired by Fanon and Biko 
    Kok, Jacobus (Kobus) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2021-09-30)
    This paper makes an original contribution against the background of relevant postcolonial discourse by means of the methods of postcolonial and social-scientific biblical exegesis from the perspective of critical ...
  • Gelykenis van die verlore seun : eerste-eeuse ekonomie en die hoorders van Jesus 
    Schoeman, Wentzel Johannes; Van Eck, Ernest (University of Stellenbosch, Department of Old and New Testament, 2019)
    Jesus preached the kingdom of God, with the principle of general reciprocity as a cardinal aspect. For Jesus, this kingdom was an alternative social world to the oppressive and exploitative social system of the Greco-Roman ...
  • In Souveränität 
    Busse, Ulrich, 1943- (Teologiese Fakulteit, Universiteit van Stellenbosch, 2008-03)
    The author of Matthew offers a well constructed parable based on social realities that existed in first-century agricultural Palestine that also reflected Hellenistic-Roman practices. These practices are explained in detail ...
  • Insiders and outsiders and a hermeneutic of resonance 
    Jackson, Glenna S. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-07-26)
    In this article, the author once again reflected on her personal and existential experience of frequent visits to African countries as well as to Israel-Palestine. The article focuses on the issues of outsiders becoming ...
  • Life in its unfullness: Revisiting (Lk 11:8) in the light of papyrological evidence 
    Van Eck, Ernest; Van Niekerk, Robert J. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017)
    The majority of parable scholars agree that the interpretation of the parable of the Friend at Midnight (Lk 11:5–8) hinges on the meaning of the word ἀναίδειαν in Luke 11:8. Scholarly opinion, however, is divided about ...
  • Lukas 18:1-8 – Eksegetiese en homiletiese aantekeninge 
    Nel, Malan (Teologiese Fakulteit, Universiteit van Stellenbosch, 2009-12)
    The parable of the unjust judge teaches disciples the proper response to the delay of the parousia alluded to by Jesus in Luke 17:22–37. The a peiore ad melius reasoning of the parable is that if the unjust judge yielded ...
  • Realism and method : the parables of Jesus 
    Van Eck, Ernest (New Testament Society of South Africa, 2017)
    Papyri from early Roman Egypt that are contemporaneous with first-century Palestine provide ancient comparanda of the economic and social practices and realities presupposed by the sayings and parables of Jesus. As such, ...
  • A realistic reading of the parable of the lost coin in Q : gaining or losing even more? 
    Van Eck, Ernest (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-11-14)
    This article aims to present a realistic reading of the parable of the Lost Coin in Q. A realistic reading of the parable focuses on the social realia invoked by the parables, that is, the social realities and practices ...
  • A Samaritan merchant and his friend, and their friends : practicing life-giving theology 
    Van Eck, Ernest (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-08-27)
    The Department of New Testament and Related Literature (formerly the Department of New Testament Studies) for the past 100 years has had a proud tradition of practicing life-giving theology. From very early on, several ...