6 articles in this issue
P J Hartin
In May 1990 the Rans Afrikaans University hosted the ninth Annual Congress of the Biblical Studies Society of Southern Africa. Four of the five articles appearing in this edition of Scriptura were presented at this Congress and we offer them here with the... see more
Can the New Testament be applied to the present day? This forms the central consideration of this study. In search of an answer a number of present day approaches are referred to and criticized, such as a prescriptive approach; an ethical perspective of p... see more
J J Burden
‘New creation; and ‘resurrection’ are discussed from the perspective of an Old Testament scholar, and interpreted in terms of the function of culture, world view and religion for a new South Africa. The obstacles, opportunities and other important issues ... see more
F E Deist
Cultural, historical and political differences play a major role in epistemology and hermeneutics, and therefore in all understanding. If such differences are not catered for in the construction of syllabi for Biblical Studies the result is cultural, hist... see more
D J Smit
In an attempt to understand the questions implicit in the topic Smit discusses three methodological questions and a moral one. Firstly, he deals with the distinction between ethics and ethos and shows that ethos is the more comprehensive and socially infl... see more
W R Domeris
The idea of reading literature ‘against the grain’ has its origin in writings of the Marxist literary critic, W Benjamin. This paper commences with a brief examination of some of the important trends in Marxist literary theory. We then proceed to a detail... see more