• Perception changes over time on the usefulness of language learning strategies 

  Perea, Luis A. Lancho (AOSIS, 2023-04)

  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 ...
• A spatial reading of Obadiah on the vertical axis of the ancient near Eastern cosmic geography 

  Schader, Jo-Mari (Unisa Press, 2023-07)

  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 ...
• Hannah in stages and places : an exploration of narrative space in 1 Samuel 1 

  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 ...
• “May God bless us, so that all the ends of the earth will fear Him!” (Ps 67:8) : the spatial perspective in the eschatological vision of God’s universal rule in the cluster of Psalms 65–68 

  Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Unisa Press, 2023-02)

  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 ...
• A social-scientific analysis of the representation of Jonah and the self perception of the Yehudite literati during the late Persian period 

  Schader, Jo-Mari (Unisa Press, 2020)

  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 ...
• Two ancient theologians’ interpretations of the withered fig tree (Mt 21:18–22) 

  Stander, Hennie (Hendrik Frederik), 1953- (AOSIS, 2021-07-06)

  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, ...
• Psalm 27:4 – to reflect in his temple : communion with YHWH as the culmination of the journey of life 

  Botha, Philippus Jacobus (AOSIS, 2021-05-13)

  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 ...
• Jerome and Augustine on wealth and poverty in Psalms 107–150 

  Allen, Pauline; Kritzinger, J.P.K. (Jacobus) (AOSIS, 2021-08-31)

  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 ...
• Paratexts seeking understanding : manuscripts and aesthetic cognitivism 

  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 ...
• Psalmen 25–34 in den Qumran-handschriften und im masoretischen text. Untersuchungen zu textgestalt, uberlieferung und Komposition 

  Weber, Beat, 1955- (De Gruyter, 2020-12)

  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. ...
• Chrusostomos se verstaan en evaluasie van beroepe en vaardighede 

  Stander, Hennie (Hendrik Frederik), 1953- (LitNet, 2020-11)

  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 ...
• The symbolic meaning of the number of days mentioned in the book of Jonah 

  Schader, Jo-Mari (AOSIS, 2020-10)

  The book of Jonah uses four indications of time: (1) Jonah spends 3 days and three nights in the fish; (2) the city of Nineveh takes 3 days to cross; (3) Jonah enters the city to the extent or distance of one day’s travel; ...
• “Wat staan in die Grieks?” – Kollig op vertaalprobleme wat die Nuwe Testament oplewer 

  Barkhuizen, Jan (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap and Kuns, 2020-12)

  The translation of an ancient religious text such as the New Testament has to take into account the following two matters: (1) it has to be a precise reflection of New Testament Greek, its grammatical constructions, ...
• Atticism in second declension nominal categories in the language of Achilles Tatius 

  Gammage, Sonja (Classical Association of South Africa, 2019)

  The language of the Ancient Greek novelist, Achilles Tatius, is often described as ‘Atticist’ (that is, imitating or recalling the Attic dialect). To date, however, no precise analysis on the Atticist nature of his language ...
• “Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked” (Ps 37:16) : social and moral stratification in late Persian-period Judah as reflected by Psalm 37 

  Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Unisa Press, 2020)

  This paper offers a social-scientific analysis of Psalm 37, aiming to define its ideological purpose and textual strategy. The psalm is also read as part of the sequence of Pss 35–37 as it was arranged by the editors of ...
• Facts shifting to the left : from postmodernism to the postfactual age 

  Koschorke, Albrecht (Modern Language Association, 2019-10)

  In recent years, questions like these have often been posed in a more or less polemical manner. They should be reconsidered in a more sober, nuanced way. In academia, they are of far more than merely historical interest ...
• The Pater familias as a landowner in the context of the slave laws of the Pentateuch. A brief response to Esias E. Meyer 

  Kilchor, Benjamin (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2019)

  In his review essay on my dissertation, Esias E. Meyer dedicates an important part to discussing the slave laws in the Pentateuch. A key role in his critique is played by his understanding of the term pater familias as ...
• Psalm 32 : a social-scientific investigation 

  Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2019-05)

  The article identifies the root metaphors used in Ps 32 and uses these to identify the purpose and strategy of the psalm as a means of communication between its author and its original audience. It argues that the psalm ...
• A rhetorical (and stylistic) analysis of (Ps.)-Chrysostom's De terrae motu 

  Stander, Hennie (Hendrik Frederik), 1953- (Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, 2019)

  The impact of Chrysostom’s rhetorical training on his preaching and writings has consistently attracted the attention of scholars. Interestingly, Chrysostom himself denounced the use of empty rhetoric by Christian preachers ...
• Paratexts and the reception history of the Apocalypse 

  Allen, Garrick V. (Oxford University Press, 2019-07)

  Biblical scholarship usually engages with reconstructed texts without taking into account the form and material culture of the manuscripts that transmit the texts used in reconstruction. This article examines the influence ...

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