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  • DNA in antiquity : revisiting Jesus’s birth 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (New Testament Society of South Africa, 2016)
    In order to be born fully human (Latin: vere homo) X and Y chromosomes are needed. Without the involvement of chromosomes, Jesus of Nazareth would have had no ties to humanity. Aristotelian (“On the generation of animals” ...
  • ‘Do not quench the Spirit!’ The discourse of the Holy Spirit in earliest Christianity 
    Peerbolte, Bert Jan Lietaert (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-09-30)
    The Trinitarian discourse of the 4th and 5th centuries grew out of earlier developments, whilst at the same time reflecting a renewal over against the language of the earliest Christian sources. This article reflects on ...
  • Do not question my honour : a social-scientific reading of the parable of the minas (Lk 19:12b-24, 27) 
    Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-10-03)
    This article attempted to read the parable of the minas in a 30 CE context, employing a social scientific reading. The integrity of the parable was delimited to Luke 19:12b–24 and 27. It was argued that this version of ...
  • Do not worry in Kinywang’anga : reading Matthew 6:25–34 in a Tanzanian village 
    Hakkinen, Sakari (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06-07)
    One of the presumptions of this article is that most of the people in the nascent ’Christian’ communities were ordinary people struggling with questions of living under harsh conditions in a country that was occupied by ...
  • ‘Do you hear what these are saying?’ (Mt 21:16) : Children and their role within Matthew’s narrative 
    Weaver, Dorothy Jean (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-11-19)
    This article sketches the broad outlines of Matthew’s ironic portrayal of children, examining first the ‘lower level’ of the narrative (i.e. the way things appear to be in the everyday world) and then the ‘upper level’ ...
  • ‘Doctor of the academy’ : Ernst Fuchs 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.); Van Wyk, Tanya (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-09-30)
    This article focuses on the ‘New Hermeneutics’ as a development of the hermeneutics of Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Heidegger and Bultmann. The notion ‘hermeneutical theology’ is explained. From the perspective of the ...
  • ‘Doctor of the church’ : Gerhard Ebeling 
    Van Wyk, Tanya; Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-09-30)
    This article’s point of departure is the camaraderie of two eminent Protestant theologians, Gerhard Ebeling and Ernst Fuchs. From the perspective of Eberhard Jüngel, Ebeling is described as a ‘doctor of the church’. ...
  • Does Historical Jesus research have a future? 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    The aim of this article is to reflect on the work of historical Jesus scholars who represent the three facets in the research, referred to as the "New Quest", the "Third Quest", and the "Renewed New Quest". This is followed ...
  • Does John 17:11b, 21−23 refer to church unity? 
    Malan, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06-07)
    In ecumenical circles, John 17:11b, 21–23 has been understood as Jesus’ prayer for church unity, be it confessional or structural. This article questioned such readings and conclusions from historical, literary and ...
  • Domestic workers in Nigerian Christian families : a socio-rhetorical reading of Ephesians 6:5–9 
    Adewale, Olubiyi A. (AOSIS, 2022-07-15)
    The erosion of traditional work roles which had been male biased has led to the increase of women in the workplace. Although a welcomed development, it has an attendant problem – a vacuum in the homestead. Consequently, ...
  • Dressing down criminals, deviants and other undesirables 
    Neufeld, Dietmar (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-11-20)
    Fear of just censure and the sense of shame it produced kept Roman citizens from doing wrong (Cic. Rep. 5.6). Invective functioned socially as a strategy of social sanction. One amongst a number of commonly identified ...
  • ‘Duisternis’ as mag in die Nuwe Testament 
    Steyn, Gert Jacobus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-05-11)
    The purpose of this contribution is to present a general survey of darkness as power in the New Testament. It is generally accepted that darkness functions on a symbolic-metaphorical level on the one hand and on a literal ...
  • The earliest Jesus group in Jerusalem 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    Church formation in the history of early Christianity emanated from the kerygma about Jesus after his death. The kerygma was based on memories of Jesus which were used in the Christian cult as both explanation and apology ...
  • Ecodomy : life in its fullness – if love rules the oikoumene 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-07-03)
    In the article related terms are deconstructively compared with each other, such as oikodomē (encouragement), dioikēsis theia (divine administration) and oikoumenē (inhabited world). The article aims to identify the ...
  • Ecumenical movement for millennials : a generation connected but not yet united 
    Pantou, Yolanda (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-11-15)
    In this article the notion ‘ecumenism’ is defined as a connecting movement of reconciling diversity, and the focus is on young people, referred to as ‘millennials’ living in the presentday global village. It addresses ...
  • Editorial to the Van Aarde Festschrift 
    Van Eck, Ernest; Dreyer, Yolanda (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011)
    This Festschrift in celebration of Andries van Aarde’s sixtieth birthday, honours his contribution to New Testament Studies and related disciplines. The editorial board of HTS wishes him the very best and especially ...
  • Een godvechter wordt voorvechter 
    Van Houwelingen, Pieter Harry Robert (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-11)
    A godfighter becomes a fighter for God. The Pastoral Letters refer twice, in biographical notes, to the religious past of the apostle Paul. In 1 Timothy 1 he is qualified as "a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent ...
  • Een irenische dialoog met Wim Weren over geweld in Johannes 7:53-8:11 
    Verheyden, Jozef (Joseph) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-11)
    An irenic dialogue with Wim Weren about violence in John 7:53-8:11. This essay engages in a dialogue with Wim Weren's contribution in this volume. It first discusses some hermeneutical perspectives on violence in the ...
  • Een teks - meerdere betekenisse : hoe lees ons die Bybel? 
    Van Eck, Ernest (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-09)
    This article discusses three ways of reading the Bible that are evident in the current theological debate in South Africa: a fundamentalist, foundationalist and critical reading. A brief description and evaluation of the ...
  • Egskeiding in die antieke Semitiese wêreld 
    Schutte, P.J.W. (Philippus Jacobus Wilhelmus) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Although divorces did occur in the ancient Semitic world, divorce never became a casual or even an accepted phenomenon in especially the Jewish community. Marriage was the normal state of affairs for Jews, and they ...