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  • Paul and identity construction in early Christianity and the Roman Empire 
    Mbwangi, F.M. (Manjewa) (AOSIS, 2020-07)
    The question of what subjects Paul addresses in his letters has been a matter of debate in New Testament scholarship. This debate shows the evolution of Pauline studies, whereby early scholars argued that Paul addressed ...
  • Paul's call to be a holy man (apostle) : in his own words and in other words 
    Pilch, John J. (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2005)
    This brief survey and analysis of the statements made by Paul about his experience of God calling him to be an apostle in Galatians 1:15-16; 1 Corinth 15:8-9; 2 Corinth 4:6; and Philippians 3:12 were chiefly conducted from ...
  • Paulus Oecumenicus : interculturality in the shaping of Paul's theology 
    Du Toit, Andrie B. (Andreas B.) (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
    The growing recognition that Judaism and Hellenism were not mutually exclusive suggests that Paul should be studied from a point beyond the Judaism/Hellenism divide. After attending to the apostle's own multiculturality, ...
  • Paulus se hantering van eksterne stressors, en die verhouding tussen identiteit, etiek en etos in Filippense 
    Franken, Chris (OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-07-16)
    Stress is one of the most prominent sicknesses of the third millennium. This article used the external categories of stress and the heuristic ethical indicators (identity, ethics and ethos) to determine why Paul lived ...
  • Paulus se versie van "draai die ander wang" - gedagtes oor geweld en toleransie 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-11)
    ATKV/SA AKADEMIEPRYS BESTE ARTIKEL 2008. The aim of this article is to argue that Paul's denunciation of vengeance should be seen as the outcome of a personal transformation from an apocalyptic destructive thinking with ...
  • Paul’s 'former conduct in the Judean way of life' (Gal 1:13) … or not? 
    Cromhout, Markus (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    Various arguments are made about Paul's 'Jewishness/ Judeanness' as a follower of Jesus Messiah, for example, that Paul essentially remained to be 'Jewish/Judean' and that he still fully operated in the world of 'Judaism'. ...
  • Paul’s ecstatic trance experience near Damascus in Acts of the Apostles 
    Pilch, John J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    Luke reports more than twenty altered states of consciousness experiences in Acts of the Apostles. These are common and normal human experiences in approximately ninety percent of contemporary cultures. In the ancient ...
  • Pendule subjektiwiteit-objektiwiteit in die teologie van Theuns Dreyer - 'n dialoog 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.); Dreyer, T.F.J. (Theunis Frederik Jacobus), 1946- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-11-04)
    This article reflects a conversation between Andries G. van Aarde and Theuns F.J. Dreyer. Dreyer was professor of Practical Theology in the period 1983 to 1999, and director of the Reformed Theological College at the ...
  • People with disabilities as a gift and a challenge for the church 
    Lipiec, Dariusz (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-12-12)
    A person with disabilities is a person suffering from some acquired or congenital dysfunctions in the development or in his mobility, mentality or sensual perception, which prevent his normal functioning in the social, ...
  • "Perfecting knowledge and piety" : (Philo, Contempl. 3, 25) : intertextual similarities between Philo's therapeutae and Lukan early Christianity 
    Steyn, Gert Jacobus (New Testament Society of South Africa, 2009)
    After briefly noting the similarities between the Essenes and Therapeutae, both of which are groups described by Philo, this study compares some of the most striking features of the Therapeutae in Philo's De Vita Contemplativa ...
  • Permanente homoseksuele verhoudings van liefde en trou 
    Potgieter, Jorrie (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006)
    In this article, the argument is made that homosexual relationships of love and commitment was known by the writers of the Bible. Though definitions like "gay" or "homosexuality" was not known, sexual identity was known. ...
  • Perspektiewe op die interpretasie van die evangelie van Matteus 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-02-17)
    Perspectives on the interpretation of the Gospel of Matthew. The article focuses on the interconnectedness between the notion eschatology and the Jesus profile in the Gospel of Matthew against the background of Donald ...
  • Phoenician snakes and a prophetic parallelism : an implication for Zephaniah 1:9 of a recent discovery in the Egyptian Pyramid Texts 
    Becking, Bob (Department of Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch University, 2014)
    The parallelism in Zeph 1:9 is not prima facie clear: how can the act of jumping over the threshold be connected to the bringing of violence and deceit into the realm of the Temple? The discovery of early west Semitic lines ...
  • The Platonist philosopher Alexander of Lycopolis on Manichaeism 
    Van Oort, Johannes (Hans) (Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2012)
    The article starts by describing the present state of research on Alexander of Lycopolis (Egypt), who formerly was considered to be a Christian bishop converted from Manichaeism to orthodox Christianity, but now is ...
  • The plenipotentiary idea as Leitmotiv in John’s Gospel 
    Kok, Jacobus (Kobus) (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-07-10)
    In this article the plenipotentiary idea in John’s Gospel is studied in relation to Jewish institution(s) of agency. It is argued that the missionary idea in John’s Gospel is a Leitmotiv (central or dominant theme) that ...
  • The Pope’s Jesus book and the Christologies of the gospels 
    Weren, Wim J.C. (Wilhelmus Johannes Cornelis) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06)
    This article maps out recent developments in the exegetical investigation of Jesus. It starts with a discussion of the Jesus book by Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI, in which ‘canonical exegesis’ is used to argue that ...
  • The portrait of a prophet - why is Wright not right about Jesus? 
    Dannhauser, Estelle Henrietta (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-09)
    N T Wright's extensive research on the subject of the historical Jesus has led him to the conclusion that the office of eschatological prophet passionately bent on delivering an urgent eschatological message is best suited ...
  • The portrayal of the hardening of the disciples' hearts in Mark 8:14-21 
    Lee, Sug-Ho; Van der Watt, J.G. (Jan Gabriel), 1952- (OpenJournals, 2009)
    The goal of this article is to consider the literary-theological function of the hardening of the disciples' hearts in Mark 8:14-21. The disciples are remarkably characterised by faithlessness, which is associated with ...
  • Post-modern spirituality : experience, rather than explain 
    Schutte, P.J.W. (Philippus Jacobus Wilhelmus) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06-07)
    Cassirer, Jung and Bultmann share at least one principle, namely their appreciation of the role played by myth in experiencing the language of faith. All three of the theorists advocate the reading of mythological texts ...
  • Postcolonial theory as a hermeneutical tool for Biblical reading 
    Rukundwa, L.S. (Lazare Sebitereko) (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-03)
    In this article, postcolonial theory is presented as a tool for Biblical interpretation, in an attempt to find colonial intentions (be they political, cultural or economic) that informed and influenced the writer's context. ...