• Economic justice in Luke 19:1-10 : a post-apartheid imperial critical reading with reference to the land question in South Africa 

  Motuku, Kenosi Patson (University of Pretoria, 2023-11-17)

  The primary thesis of this study is that Zacchaeus’ words in Luke 19:1-10 micronarrative are a radical futuristic resolve responding to Luke’s radical message of ‘good news to the poor’ and ‘wealth renunciation’. Met ...
• Die “ander” : Lukaanse Jesus en Lévinas 

  Becker-Ferreira, Anel (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  Emmanuel Levinas’s philosophy of the “other” is investigated and brought into conversation with how Jesus regarded his “other” through a Lukan perspective of Jesus. The main focus of Levinas's philosophical works is the ...
• A beauty that beckons. The glory of Christ and its perception in 2 Corinthians 2:14-4:6 

  Lanz, Elias Johannes (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  This study is an analysis of the glory of Christ and its perception in Paul's apology of his apostolic ministry in 2 Corinthians 2:14-4:6. The exegetical focus within the passage lies on the three verses that address the ...
• Social justice in employment and remuneration of workers in Cameroon in the light of the parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Mt 20:1-15) : An African Biblical Interpretation 

  Ntem, Godlove Sevidzem (University of Pretoria, 2020)

  The concern for social justice in employment and remuneration of workers is crucial in Africa because the continent has a lot of natural resources and avenues for employment, but the rate of youth unemployment and low ...
• Jesus and Legion: A socio-political perspective on demon possession and exorcism in Mark 5:1-20 and in African Pentecostal Churches 

  Mwani, Joshua Tepillah (University of Pretoria, 2020)

  No abstract available
• Displacing power from the dance floor : a postcolonial gendered reading of Mark 6:14-29 

  Molopyane, Lethabo Melissa (University of Pretoria, 2020)

  The study rereads the narrative of Mark 6:14-29 from Homi Bhabha’s postcolonial theory of mimicry and ambivalence. Unlike other interpretations that focus on the death of John the Baptist by Herod, the focal point of this ...
• Early Catholicism and the United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe 

  Mashero, Edward (University of Pretoria, 2020)

  This study has been an analysis of the impact of Early Catholicism to the United Methodist Church. The study has employed the following exegetical approaches; social scientific criticism, historical criticism and theological ...
• Talking back to power' : deviance in Luke 18:1-8 and women in Zimbabwe 

  Matarirano, Clement (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  This study is a contextual reading of the parable of the persistent widow found in Luke 18:1-8 from the perspective of the concerns of widows in Zimbabwe. Given the everyday usage and mirror reading of the Bible in Zimbabwe, ...
• Social identity complexity and conflict-resolution in Luke and Zimbabwe 

  Marevesa, Tobias (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  This study uses social identity complexity theory to investigate complexity of identity in Luke with focus on Luke 15 to determine how Luke solved social conflict. The discussion from Luke is used as analogical or comparative ...
• The new perspective critique of Luther : a response 

  Eriksson, Bart Anders (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  The New Perspective is a modern movement in New Testament scholarship which challenges Protestant interpretations of Paul’s writings. However, since the New Perspective refers to schools of thought present in other time ...
• Exploring Jesus’ social interactions in mark’s gospel for good leadership practice in Ghana 

  Addo jnr, John Kwesi (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  This study explored Jesus’ social interactions in Mark’s Gospel for good leadership practice in Ghana. It employed Ghanaian traditional models of leadership, which hold that leadership is interaction. Jesus is situated in ...
• New Perspectives on the Bowl Plagues in Revelation 16 

  Rudolph Scharneck (University of Pretoria, 2019)

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• Die gelykenis van die verlore seun : die eerste-eeuse ekonomie en die hoorders van Jesus 

  Schoeman, Wentzel Johannes (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  Jesus proclaimed the kingdom of God. The principle of general reciprocity took centre stage. The system that Jesus proclaimed was an alternative social system to the oppressing and exploitive systems of the Greco-Roman ...
• Matthew's version of the Lord's Prayer in Ewe-Ghanaian context 

  Sakitey, Daniel (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  Abstract The Lord’s Prayer has throughout the epochs of Christian history gone through layers of interpretations and translations. The three variants in Matthew, Luke, and the Didache, are internal and external evidence ...
• A critical analysis of pastoral and bishopric appointment and self-appointment in the African Pentecostal church in Ndola Zambia based on 1 Timothy 3:1-7 

  Bumie, Mathias Teepa (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  The case for pastoral appointment or self-appointment within the African Pentecostal church in Zambia highlights a current contemporary challenge in indigenous Pentecostal and charismatic churches in Africa. While considering ...
• The genre of the Revelation of John : a cultural plausible framework 

  Van Niekerk, John Robert (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  No abstract
• The reception of Isaiah 6:9-10 in the New Testament and contemporary Bible interpretation 

  Lottering, Anuschka (University of Pretoria, 2017)

  This study investigates the reception of Isaiah 6:9-10 in the New Testament, in order to establish whether the interpretation of this authoritative text has remained stable, or has been altered through many hands and ...
• The Obedience of Sonship : Adamic Obedience as the Grounds for Heavenly Ascension in the Book of Hebrews 

  Bertolet, Timothy J. (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  This thesis makes a unique contribution in the field of New Testament studies with specific attention to New Testament theology and the Christology of Hebrews. It explores the relationship between Sonship and the ascension ...
• Servant leadership in Philippians 2:5-11: Concept and application 

  Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon (University of Pretoria, 2012)

  The subject of leadership has been explored from different fields by different scholars. The leadership debates and discussion have dominated academia across the globe for decades. The contribution of this thesis to the ...
• Jesus en die buitestaanders in Johannes 4 

  Marais, Bennie (University of Pretoria, 2017)

  Summary This study deals with Jesus and the outsiders in John 4, with particular focus on John 4:1-42. Methodologically, the study focuses on social identity theory, and asks the question of how Jesus gets the Samaritan ...

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