Browsing Verbum et Ecclesia Volume 25 Issue 1 (2004) by Title

Browsing Verbum et Ecclesia Volume 25 Issue 1 (2004) by Title

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  • The Sabbath : in the law, in the prophets, and in Mark 
    Schart, A. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    Different versions of the Sabbath law (Exodus 20:8-11; 23:12; 31:12-17; 34:21; 35:1-3; Leviticus 23:3; Deuteronomy 5:12-15) and several prophetic texts (Amos 6:1-7 - the name "Sabbath" is text-critically reconstructed in ...
  • Telematiese onderrig en teologiese opleiding : blikpunte op moontlike probleme 
    De Villiers, Gerda; Lombaard, Christoffel Johannes Stephanus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    The new medium of the internet offers possibilities for teaching Theology unforeseen by previous generations of theological scholars. In this paper, the authors explore some difficulties inherent in such theological ...
  • Underlying influences on Ben Marais (1909-1999) 
    Maritz, P.J. (Petrus Jacobus) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    This article considers various personal and academic influences on Ben Marais. The essence of these influences helped form his principles, was present in his early childhood, and is founded in his deep-rooted faith in God. ...
  • Violence and hatred in Psalm 137 : the psalm in its ancient social context 
    Steenkamp, Yolande (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    Psalm 137 has become notorious for the brutality and bloodthirstiness that characterise its last verses. In the face of many past criticisms which rejected the Old Testament as a book of violence, both Christians and Jews ...
  • War, religion, and white supremacy in comparative perspective : South Africa and the American South 
    Muller, Retief (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    The southern states of the United States of America and South Africa share a number of analogous historical realities. One of these, which is the main subject of this article, is the way in which the memory of a lost war ...