8 articles in this issue
Patric Hartin,Malan Nel,Stephan Joubert
The annual congress of the Southen African Biblical Studies Society was held in Johannesburg on 14 and 15 may 1993. Following the Society's approach over the past few years, the focus was on issues relevant to the teaching of the Bible within our pr... see more
Yvonne Joubert
The role of the teacher is crucial in the education process. The emphasis in the teaching situation should be on the learning process as facilitated by the teacher and not the ‘conveying of knowledge’ by the teacher. Competencies rather than content have ... see more
Cornelia Roux
Teaching the Bible to little children is far more complex than may be expected. The contents as well as the manner in which a Bible story is related may affect a child’s religious development and religious experiences. Traditional didactic approaches are ... see more
Malan Nel
Teaching the Bible is in itself a serious challenge and in a sense a risky venture. Teaching teenagers in many ways complicates an already difficult task. The purpose of this article is to explore the self-reliant spiritual functioning of the teacher as a... see more
Paul Botha
Adult education has for many years been seen as a mere continuation of a process already followed with children. Adult learners were therefore taught as if they were no more than reason, learn, understand and interpret academic material has led to the ret... see more
Joyce Masenya
Feminist theology is defined in the broader context of feminism. A review of how theology was practised in the past is given in order to highlight the exclusion of women in any serious theological endeavour. Feminist theology emerges as women’s plea for r... see more
Kobus de Smidt
The purpose of this paper is to show that Revelation (Rv) 20 does not contain chiliastic/millenialistic thoughts. It was written as a word of comfort and encouragement to the Christians in Asia Minor (circa A.D 95-96). Their time, represented as a symboli... see more
Dirk Human
Various exegetical methods have been used to discover the semantic content or meaning of biblical texts. In this article a well-approved exegetical process is suggested to the Bible teacher who hardly knows anything about the biblical languages, Greek and... see more