Browsing Verbum et Ecclesia Volume 26 Issue 3 (2005) by Title

Browsing Verbum et Ecclesia Volume 26 Issue 3 (2005) by Title

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  • The resurrection of Jesus : do extra-canonical sources change the landscape? 
    Viljoen, Francois P.; Buglass, A.E. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    The resurrection of Jesus is assumed by the New Testament to be a historical event. Some scholars argue, however, that there was no empty tomb, but that the New Testament accounts are midrashic or mythological stories about ...
  • A rhetorical analysis of Philippians 1:27-2:18 
    Snyman, A.H. (Andreas Hartman), 1943- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    A new trend in rhetorical analysis is to reconstruct Paul's rhetorical strategy from the text itself, rather than applying ancient or modern rhetorical models to his letters. A proposal for such a text-centred approach, ...
  • The social context of the Book of Job 
    Roper, Leon A. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    Although much has been written about the Book of Job, no consensus exists among scholars with regard to issues such as the dating and origins of this book. In this article the controversies surrounding the social context ...
  • Theological-mythological viewpoints on divine sonship in Genesis 6 and Psalm 2 
    Usue, Emmanuel Ordue (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    This article describes theological and mythological scholarly viewpoints concerning the motif of divine sonship in Genesis 6:1-9 and Psalm 2:1-12. The author, admitting the complex and problematic nature of the inquiry, ...
  • Waarheids- en Versoeningskommissie as "Simulacrum" en die rol van belydenis, vergifnis en versoening 
    Nothling-Slabbert, Melodie (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    This paper examines the relevance and validity of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Christian leitmotiv in relation to the victim hearings. It is suggested that the Commission's emphasis on religious themes such ...
  • YHWH and the God of philosophical theology 
    Gericke, Jacobus Wilhelm (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    In popular orthodox Christian philosophical theology, it is often taken for granted that the divine philosophised about is none other than the Hebrew deity YHWH himself. Moreover, it is often assumed that the Old Testament ...