Botha, Philippus Jacobus(Stellenbosch University, Department of Ancient Studies, 2023)
Psalm 31 is characterised by a mixture of earnest supplications for help and thanksgiving for having been helped by YHWH. It also contains two of the most memorable declarations of trust in YHWH, with the psalmist entrusting ...
Boehmer’s Die Entwicklung der Glyptik während der Akkad-Zeit (1965), although nearly
60 years old, is still the major work on the cylinder seals of the Akkadian Period (2334–2150 BCE). It
examines different themes and ...
At the end of the second century, Christianity in Rome existed as a federation of individual communities, despite the narrative provided in the fourth century by Eusebius. There was a multiplicity of leaders, of social ...
Van Rooyen, Angela Lengoloi(University of Pretoria, 2024-08-20)
In about 8-9 CE, the Roman poet Ovid was exiled. While there, he wrote several works, including the Tristia and the Epistulae ex Ponto. This dissertation examines the psychological underpinnings behind some significant ...
This longitudinal study describes and analyses the shifts in students’ perceptions on the usefulness of language learning strategies (LLS) when learning Spanish as a foreign language, and explains the roles that these ...
Kok-Pretorius, Regina Cecilia(University of Pretoria, 2023-10-31)
Reflecting upon the fall of the Davidic monarchy, with which Book III of the Psalter ends, Book IV is set during and after the exile. Book IV inspires hope to a traumatised people in crisis by providing a renewed theological ...
Since the 1970s, biblical studies have experienced a “spatial turn,” giving rise
to an emphasis on a variety of approaches to the spatial analysis of biblical texts.
Space is something that is constructed, produced, and ...
Rembold, Stefanie(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2022)
The lack of contributions toward the study of narrative space in biblical literature has been lamented for the last four decades. While handbooks on narratology and narrative art have tried to expand discussions on the ...
Psalms 65–68 form a tight collection or “cluster” of psalms close to the
conclusion of Book II of the Psalter. The implied redactors’ purpose with this
cluster was to offer thanksgiving and praise to God for manifesting ...
Prinsloo, Gert Thomas Marthinus(AOSIS, 2022-10-17)
Ever since the publication of the third edition of Rudolph Kittel's Biblia Hebraica (BHK3) to the present gradual production of the Biblia Hebraica Quinta (BHQ) so-called editiones criticae minores of the Hebrew Bible are ...
The last decades of biblical scholarship have treated the land in various ways – as a character,
a theme, or even a theology – and culminate in the position that the land is inextricably part of
the YHWH-Israel relationship, ...
The topic of gender differences has attracted considerable critical attention from linguists because of the importance that sociolinguistics offers to the complex relationship between language and gender. Gender separation ...
This article addresses the question of what can be gleaned from the book of Jonah regarding the self-perception of its author(ship) and intended audience through a social-scientific analysis. What does the analysis of ...
Tchiha, Klaus Tezokeng(Association for German Studies in Southern Africa, 2021-12)
This article endorses Paul Taylors concepts of environmental ethics compiled in the book Respect
for Nature. A theory of Environmental Ethics. (1986 / 2011) It is based on the premise that literature
plays a pivotal role ...
This article is an investigation on how two theologians from the Early Church interpreted
the withered fig tree, as narrated by the evangelist Matthew (Mt 21:18–22). The two
theologians referred to are Origen of Alexandria, ...
Since the time of Mowinckel, the verb בקר (pi) in Psalm 27:4 was often interpreted as referring
to a priest’s function of examining an offering. The parallel part of the verse and other
intratextual and intertextual ...
The purpose of this article was to compare Jerome’s and Augustine’s sermons on the fifth book
of the Psalms with regard to their views on the rich and the poor. After a brief consideration of
the different audiences of ...
Allen, Garrick V.; Royle, Anthony P.(MDPI Publishing, 2020-10-12)
This article explores the relationship between manuscripts of ancient religious literature and
aesthetic cognitivism, a normative theory of the value of art. Arguing that manuscripts both contain
and constitute works of ...
Differences in the sequencing of Psalms 25–34 (MT ↔ 4Q83 and
4Q98) as well as an asymmetry (Ps 26/32–33 = B/B’) within its chiastic structure
(ABCDXD’C’B’A’) raise questions about the history of this small composition. ...
Careers, and how they change, are a very popular theme nowadays and are constantly under scrutiny due to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The purpose of this article is to illuminate the professions mentioned in Chrysostom’s ...