Browsing Ancient Languages by Issue Date

Browsing Ancient Languages by Issue Date

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  • Social values in the book of Obadiah 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2003)
    This paper presents a poetic and social-scientific analysis of the book of Obadiah. It suggests that the social and theological problems to which the book forms a response is the attempt of the people of Judah to come ...
  • Wetenskaplike onderbou van DieBybel@kinders.co.za 
    Stander, Hennie (Hendrik Frederik), 1953- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    One of the latest translations of the Bible in Afrikaans is DieBybel- @kinders.co.za. The target group of this Bible is kids. Since this is a children's Bible, the scientific basis of this project is often overlooked. In ...
  • An analysis of Ephrem the Syrian’s views on the temptation of Christ as exemplified in his Hymn de Virginitate XII 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    Ephrem the Syrian’s twelfth hymn in the cycle De Virginitate is translated and analysed. This hymn describes the temptation of Christ by Satan as a contest in which Satan tried to humiliate Christ, but was defeated and ...
  • Psalm 67 in its literary and ideological context 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2004)
    Psalm 67 has been interpreted for a long time as part of an agricultural liturgy of thanksgiving for Yahweh’s grace. This paper argues that the psalm’s contents, its structure, and its immediate context in the book of ...
  • The textual strategy and ideology of Psalm 36 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2004)
    Psalm 36 is a beautiful and masterfully crafted poem that once served to enhance the unity and conviction of a group of Yahweh worshippers. The strategy of the author seems to have been an attempt to create dissociation ...
  • ’n Studie van Josua 23 gefokus op sosiale waardes as sleutel tot die verstaan van oorlogsdenke 
    Howes, Llewellyn (University of Pretoria, 2004)
    This study was motivated by the desire to make a difference in the world. A better understanding of how ancient peoples perceived the phenomenon of war, and how these perceptions were shaped by social values, can hold great ...
  • The textual strategy of Ephrem the Syrian’s Hymn Contra Haereses I 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    The first hymn in Ephrem the Syrian’s cycle Contra Haereses is translated and analysed in terms of its rhetorical and argumentative features. It seems that Ephrem used various rhetorical strategies to construct a polarity ...
  • Psalm 101 : inaugural address or social code of conduct? 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    The article presents a literary and social-scientific analysis of the text of Psalm 101. The ideological purpose of the text seems to have been more than a mere declaration of intent made by someone about to ascend the ...
  • The poetic structure and strategy of Psalm 79 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    This paper endeavours to analyse Psalm 79 as a poetic composition and an ideological document. From the analysis, it seems that the psalm primarily served a Judaean community of believers as a means of coping with their ...
  • Die Goueverhouding in die struktuur van Vergilius se Ecloga-boek (Afrikaans) 
    Steenkamp, Johan (University of Pretoria, 2004-07-25)
    Vergil's poems are exceptionally complex and polyhedral. An understanding and interpretation of the deeper meaning are further hindered by the fluency of the surface structure. A structural analysis is an excellent way to ...
  • The ideological interface between Psalm 1 and Psalm 2 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2005)
    This article is a social-scientific investigation of the ideology displayed in Psalm 1 and the ideology displayed in Psalm 2. It endeavours to describe the ideological points of contact between the two psalms, so as to ...
  • The sparrow's fall (Mt 10:29) 
    Stander, Hennie (Hendrik Frederik), 1953- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    According to Matthew 10:29, not one sparrow will fall to the ground “apart from the Father”. The latter phrase is elliptical, and it is not clear what type of involvement from the Father is meant. This article examines how ...
  • Non-past referring Imperfects in the New Testament : a test case for an anti-anti-anti-Porter position 
    Swart, G.J. (Gerhardus Jacobus), 1955- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    Since the publication more than a decade ago of two comprehensive studies on verbal aspect in New Testament Greek (Porter 1989; Fanning 1990), scholarly discussion has tended to focus more on the differences than on the ...
  • The interpretation of Daniel 3 in the Syriac commentary ascribed to Ephrem the Syrian 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    This paper investigates the exegetical notes on Daniel 3 in the Syriac commentary attributed to Ephrem the Syrian. It is established that the text which the author of the commentary used is most probably that of the ...
  • Intertextuality and the interpretation of Psalm 1 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2005)
    The meaning of the word ‘Torah’ in Psalm 1:2 is investigated in the light of the intratextual context of Psalm 1 itself and in the light of intertextual connections of this psalm with Joshua 1, Jeremiah 17, Psalms 52 and ...
  • A comparative reading of the Elijah Cycle and its implications for Deuteronomistic ideology 
    Steenkamp, Yolande (University of Pretoria, 2005)
    This study adopted a multi-dimentional approach in its inquiry as to the relationship between the Elijah Cycle and the religious and political agenda of DH. It has argued, on the basis of literary features and contents of ...
  • Die funksie van die semantiese woordveld 'vyand' in Psalms 9 en 10 (Afrikaans) 
    Slabbert, M.J. (Martin Johannes) (University of Pretoria, 2005-01-09)
    AFRIKAANS: Hierdie studie poog om deur 'n omvattende eksegetiese ondersoek van Psalms 9 en l0 op literêre - , semantiese - en sosiologiese vlak tot 'n verantwoordbare verstaan van die vyand in Psalms 9 en 10 te kom. Die ...
  • Die Simfonie-orkes in die Psalmbundel. Psalm 150 as grand finalé in die Psalmbundel (Afrikaans) 
    Manders, Cobus (University of Pretoria, 2005-03-08)
    In the Old Testament there are many references to musical instruments and each one performs its own specific function. Especially in the Psalms we come across quite a few musical instruments. What is very obvious is the ...
  • Mens en natuur - 'n bronnestudie oor die Bybelse en na-Bybelse perspektiewe (Afrikaans) 
    Smit, Gerrit Daniel Stephanus (University of Pretoria, 2005-03-10)
    White (1967:1203-1207) places the blame for the current raping of our environment on the Christians’ interpretation of Genesis 1:28 (“God blessed them and said to them: ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth ...
  • Rahab, illa meretrix 
    Kritzinger, J.P.K. (Jacobus) (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2006)
    This article focuses on the controversial Biblical figure, Rahab, the harlot of Jericho, and especially how the Latin Church fathers saw her. Rahab, whose story is told in the second chapter of the book of Joshua, betrayed ...