Browsing Research Articles (Ancient Languages) by UP Author "Botha, Philippus Jacobus"

Browsing Research Articles (Ancient Languages) by UP Author "Botha, Philippus Jacobus"

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  • The poet as preacher : St. Ephrem the Syrian's hymn De Virginitate XXXI as a coherent, aesthetic, and persuasive poetic discourse 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2008)
    This article consists of a translation and poetic analysis of Ephrem the Syrian's teaching song On Virginity 31. The Syriac text and an English translation are provided and short notes are given on the structure of the ...
  • The poetic face of rhetoric : Ephrem's polemics against the Jews and heretics in Contra Haereses XXV 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 1991)
    The hymn Contra Haereses XXV by Ephrem is translated into English and the use of poetic devices such as metaphor, antithesis, apostrophe, invocatio, hyperbole and acoustic techniques to enhance the argumentative quality ...
  • 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 ...
  • Pride and the suffering of the poor in the Persian period : Psalm 12 in its post-exilic context 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2012)
    This paper contends that Ps 12 should be read, as part of the composition Pss 9–14, as a response to and an explication of Prov 30:1–14 by exponents of Wisdom thinking in the Persian period. The suffering of the righteous ...
  • Psalm 101 : a supplication for the restoration of society in the late post-exilic age 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-08-19)
    This article investigates the form and purpose of Psalm 101 from two perspectives: As a unique composition from the late Persian or early Hellenistic period, and in terms of its function within the context of Book IV of ...
  • 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 ...
  • Psalm 108 and the quest for closure to the exile 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2010)
    Ps 108 is studied as a composition sui generis in terms of its poetic features and ideological intent. It is subsequently also compared to its two donor texts (Ps 57 and Ps 60) to determine how the selection and editorial ...
  • Psalm 118 and social values in ancient Israel 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2003)
    The relationship between the dramatis personae mentioned in Psalm 118 is investigated to determine for whom the psalm was intended in its present form and what the author or final editor wanted to communicate with the ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Psalm 32 as a wisdom intertext 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-10)
    Psalm 32 is considered by the majority of investigators to be a psalm of thanksgiving with a mix of wisdom poetry. In this article, the thesis is defended that it was devised from the beginning as a wisdom-teaching psalm ...
  • Psalm 4 and the poor in the post-exilic province of Judah : a textual and contextual reading 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Stellenbosch University, Department of Ancient Studies, 2018)
    This paper reviews the interpretation of Ps 4 as a psalm which addresses the plight of poor people in post-exilic Judah as it was proposed by Erich Zenger and recently confirmed by Johannes Bremer. Psalms 1-3 are taken ...
  • Psalm 5 and the polarity between those who may stand before Yahweh and those who may not 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-09-06)
    Psalm 5 is often described as an example of a prayer of someone who has been falsely accused of wrongdoing. Based on the contents of the middle part of the psalm, its wisdom features and especially the parallels it forms ...
  • Psalm 53 in canonical perspective 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2013)
    Psalm 53 is an adapted version of Ps 14, crafted to fit in among a cluster of psalms consisting of Pss 52-55. Each of these psalms is described in their respective headings as a "Maskil," while Pss 52 and 54 each also have ...
  • Psalm 55 interpreted in view of its textual, metatextual and intertextual connections 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Routledge, 2017-05)
    Psalms 52-55 constitute a cluster of psalms with significant links to one another, to Proverbs, and also to the history of David. Psalms 52 and 55 were both also influenced by motifs from Jer 9. These features point to ...
  • Psalm 62 : prayer, accusation, declaration of innocence, self-motivation, sermon, or all of these? 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2018)
    Because of its seeming mix of different styles, Psalm 62 has intrigued researchers for a long time. It has been regarded by many as the prayer of an innocent person who was accused of some wrongdoing, but the direct ...
  • 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 ...
  • Psalm 91 and its wisdom connections 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2012)
    The paper investigates the literary and theological provenance of Ps 91. It is shown that Ps 91 (in its present form) was composed by someone who had access to Proverbs, in particular Prov 3, while Ps 91 itself played ...
  • The reception of Daniel Chapter 2 in the commentary ascribed to Ephrem the Syrian Church Father 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2006)
    Ephrem the Syrian (ca. 306-373 CE) was perhaps the most influential Father of Syriac-speaking Christianity. Chapter 2 of the Syriac commentary on Daniel ascribed to him is investigated in this paper: The biblical (Peshi ...
  • The relationship between Psalms 25 and 37 
    Botha, Philippus Jacobus (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2007)
    The similarities between Psalms 25 and 37 are investigated. This pertains to the vocabulary and expressions used in the two psalms, their alphabetic form, and the theological point of view expressed. It is argued that the ...