Browsing Research Articles (New Testament Studies) by UP Author "Cromhout, Markus"

Browsing Research Articles (New Testament Studies) by UP Author "Cromhout, Markus"

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  • A clash of symbolic universes : Judeanism vs Hellenism 
    Cromhout, Markus (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    This article investigates how Judeans responded to Hellenism in order to maintain the integrity of their ethnic identity. Judeanism and Hellenism are regarded as alternative "symbolic universes". It is shown that Judeans ...
  • The ‘cloud of witnesses’ as part of the public court of reputation in Hebrews 
    Cromhout, Markus (AOSIS Open Journals, 2012-07-19)
    By drawing parallels with the function of ancestors in African traditional religions, this article looks at the possibility that the Israelite ancestors mentioned in Hebrews played a far more dynamic role for the author ...
  • Covenantal nomism as a 'symbolic universe' 
    Cromhout, Markus (Department of Old and New Testament, University of Stellenbosch, 2007)
    It is explored how Sanders' notion of covenantal nomism can be adapted to explain the Judean "symbolic universe". This article throughout approaches Judeanism as an ethnic identity. At first covenantal nomism is adapted ...
  • Identity formation in the New Testament 
    Cromhout, Markus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    This article is a review of the book entitled Identity Formation in the New Testament (edited by Bengt Holmberg and Mikael Winninge, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, 2008). It is a collection of various articles using intertextuality, ...
  • In pursuit of the millennium : Judeans and their land 
    Cromhout, Markus (Faculty of Theology of the University of the Orange Free State, 2007-06)
    This article aims to indicate the importance of the concept "land" with regard to the nature of Judean ethnic identity. It shows from evidence in the Bible and contemporary literature how Yahweh, the people, and the land ...
  • J D Crossan's construct of Jesus' "Jewishness" : a critical assessment 
    Cromhout, Markus (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2006)
    The article focuses on J D Crossan's reconstruction of the historical Jesus and the content he assigns to Jesus' "Jewishness". Guided by Crossan's own work and the insights of ethnicity theory, the continuities and ...
  • Paul’s 'former conduct in the Judean way of life' (Gal 1:13) … or not? 
    Cromhout, Markus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    Various arguments are made about Paul's 'Jewishness/ Judeanness' as a follower of Jesus Messiah, for example, that Paul essentially remained to be 'Jewish/Judean' and that he still fully operated in the world of 'Judaism'. ...
  • Religion and covenantal praxis in first century Judeanism 
    Cromhout, Markus (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-03)
    This article indicates how the two cultural features of religion and covenantal praxis helped foster or shape Judean ethnic identity in the first century CE. It focuses on socialization into the three social domains ...
  • Resurrection in Paul as both affirmation and challenge to the Israelite cycle of meaning 
    Cromhout, Markus (New Testament Society of South Africa, 2011)
    Pieter Craffert correctly insists that scholars must move away from ontological monism, and, inter alia, should interpret the resurrection of Jesus within the Israelite cycle of meaning. In view of 2 Cor 5:16, however, ...
  • A socio-cultural model of Judean ethnicity : a proposal 
    Cromhout, Markus; Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-03)
    This article focuses on the matter of Judean ("Jewish") ethnic identity during the first century CE. New Testament scholarship lacks an overall interpretive framework by which Judean identity can be understood. Appreciation ...
  • Vermyding van etniese spanning en konflik in Suid-Afrika : wat kan Paulus se ervaring ons leer? 
    Cromhout, Markus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06)
    The dream of a ‘rainbow nation’ in South Africa appears to be on the wane as ethnic tension and conflict seem to simmer just beneath the surface. This article investigates Paul’s approach to the issue of ethnic identity ...
  • "We are Judean"! The Sayings Gospel Q's redactional approach to the Law 
    Cromhout, Markus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006)
    This article is focussed on Q's treatment of the Law and what it can tell us about the Q community's Judean ethnic identity. It is argued that part of the reason for the incorporation of the main redaction in Q (here ...
  • Were the Galileans "religious Jews" or "ethnic Judeans?" 
    Cromhout, Markus (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-09)
    This article focuses on an investigation into the ethnic identity of first-century Galileans. Its aim is to argue that the Galileans were not descendents of northern Israelites but were mostly descendents of "Jews" who ...
  • What kind of “Judean” was Jesus? 
    Cromhout, Markus (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    Reconstructions of the historical Jesus are analyzed in terms of a proposed socio-cultural model of Judean ethnicity. At first an overview is given of the work of Meier and Crossan to establish the content they assigned ...