Browsing Research Articles (New Testament Studies) by UP Author "Malan, Gert Jacobus"

Browsing Research Articles (New Testament Studies) by UP Author "Malan, Gert Jacobus"

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  • Can the chasms be bridged? Different approaches to Bible reading 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010)
    Reality confronts theologians with the fact that they themselves and believers across the world read and interpret the Bible in diverse ways. Understanding the reason for this is part of the solution. The essence of the ...
  • Combining Ricoeur and Bultmann on myth and demythologising 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07-08)
    A previous article investigated Ricoeur’s stance on myth and demythologising. The intersection of Ricoeur and Bultmann’s work in this field was noted and a future comparison was envisaged with a view to a possible merger. ...
  • Does John 17:11b, 21−23 refer to church unity? 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06-07)
    In ecumenical circles, John 17:11b, 21–23 has been understood as Jesus’ prayer for church unity, be it confessional or structural. This article questioned such readings and conclusions from historical, literary and ...
  • An existential phenomenological understanding of early church diversity 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (AOSIS, 2020-10)
    The New Testament documents represent a variety of perceptions about the church, showing that the early church was not unitary in practise or theology. How do we explain the diversity in the early church? Existential ...
  • God’s patronage constitutes a community of compassionate equals 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (AOSIS Open Journals, 2020-07-15)
    The central themes of Jesus’ preaching, the kingdom and household of God, are root metaphors expressing the symbolic universe of God’s patronage subverting patronage and patriarchy structuring contemporary Mediterranean ...
  • Hervormde Barthiaanse skrifbeskouing : waarheidsbegrip 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-09-28)
    The ‘Hervormde’ blend of Barthian view of Scripture leads to a specifically nuanced concept of biblical truth. Biblical truth is neither knowledge, dogma or faith propositions, nor historical, scientific or geographical ...
  • Kennissosiologiese benadering tot die dag van die Here in 2 Petrus 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus; Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1998)
    The concept the day of the Lord in 2 Peter is, as a mythological expression, an example of analogical language. However, the meaning of this mytheme is not clear to modem people who do not share the mythological world-view ...
  • Myth as metaphor 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07-08)
    Modern Christianity has failed to update its myths and has even eliminated them, thus, excluding the metaphysical experience indispensable to religion (Jung). Myths should be interpreted, not eliminated. Answering the ...
  • Mythology, Weltanschauung, symbolic universe and states of consciousness 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07-15)
    This article investigates whether different religious (mythological) worldviews can be described as alternative and altered states of consciousness (ASCs). Differences between conscious and unconscious motivations for ...
  • Q1 gemeenskap as een van die grondtipes van die kerk in die Nuwe Testament 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    The New Testament bears witness to a wide variety of communities, representing a spectrum of ideas and teachings about Jesus and the meaning of his life. In this article these communities are regarded as prototypes of ...
  • Ricoeur on myth and demythologising 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-07-08)
    Since Jean Paul Gustav Ricoeur’s passing away in 2005, there has been a significant international resurgence of interest in his work. Coming to grips with the sheer extent of Ricoeur’s publications on a variety of subjects ...
  • Ricoeur on time : from Husserl to Augustine 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-04-28)
    The development in Ricoeur’s concept of time did not receive as much attention as his move from eidetic to hermeneutic phenomenology and his Time and Narrative, with which it coincided. This paper attends to the lacuna, ...