7 articles in this issue
B C Lategan
The focus of this issue is on matters of interception. Eugene Botha shows how insights from speech act theory can be used in an attempt to explain a difficult verse like John 4:16. Gerald West contracts the hermeneutical approach of Mosala and Boesak to t... see more
Eugene Botha
The very abrupt change in the conversation between Jesus and the woman at the well has presented exegetes with considerable problems in explaining it. This paper suggests that the application of speech act theory to the text of John 4:16 can perhaps offer... see more
Gerald West
Situating itself within liberation hermeneutics, this paper discusses whether a literary mode of reading can offer a theoretically well-grounded biblical hermeneutics of liberation. This question arises from the work of two black South African writers, Al... see more
J Engelbrecht
This article tries to clarify the expression ‘the style of Matthew’. Attention is given to what style is and why it demands attention. Then the way in which the style of Matthew is handled in literature is examined. Unfortunately very little attention has... see more
J J Burden
This paper gives a profile of the first year Biblical Studies students at the University of South Africa (UNISA), showing the multi-dimensional composition of the student body and the demands it places on the teaching and learning processes. Different val... see more
Theo Badenhorst
Gollwitzer mentions Luther and Barth as his two greatest teachers. As with Luther, justification by faith alone plays a very important role in his theology. Gollwitzer, however, places it in a broader framework, namely that of the kingdom of God. In conne... see more
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