18 articles in this issue
Ernst M Conradie
This edition of Scriptura contains a number of contributions deriving from an empiricalresearch project on Biblical interpretation within the context of established Bible studygroups. A number of Biblical scholars and theologians from the Western Cape reg... see more
Ernst M Conradie,Hendrik L Bosman,Louis C Jonker
Informal discussions lead to cooperation in researchDuring 1995 a number of Biblical scholars from the Universities of the Western Cape andStellenbosch came together for some informal discussions on the interpretation of the Bible.With the occasional part... see more
Danie C van Zyl
Profile of the groupThis group consists of Xhosa speaking church leaders who are enrolled as students of theSokhanya Bible School. This school was founded by local church leaders, together with awhite DRC minister who is still the teacher, in various town... see more
Profile of the groupThis Bible study group was formed in the 1980's, with various leaders coming and going. Itis associated to the local Baptist Church in Langa, Cape Town. It consists of a relatively. large number (30 or more) of young people who are rou... see more
Chuck A Wanamaker
Bible Study 1: Matthew 13:53-58Profile of the groupThe group, which met on 7 March, 2001, consisted of five members though they indicatedthat other members were not present owing to the short notice given for the meeting of thestudy group that evening. Th... see more
Hendrik L Bosman
This Anglican Bible study group came into existence three years ago in Belhar as a shareand support group and still seems to be more comfortable with sharing personalexperiences than being involved in strenuous Bible study.
Douglas G Lawrie
Profile of the groupThis group functions as a "cell" of the Lighthouse, a relatively new Pentecostal church inthe Cape Peninsula. The members of the group are virtually all people who belonged toother churches before they joined the Lighthouse. Beneath th... see more
Ernst M Conradie,Louis C Jonker
1. IntroductionThe purpose of this contribution is to discuss the results of the empirical research project onBiblical interpretation within the context of established Bible study groups that waslaunched in 1999.1 The scope of this project remained limite... see more
IntroductionWhen one tries to describe what happens when people engage with texts, problems ofterminology inevitably arise, not only because technical terms proliferate, but also because.. the ordinary, basic terms are used in different senses and with di... see more
Louis C Jonker
1. IntroductionBiblical interpretation (as is the case with any interpretation I) is a multidimensionae anddynamic process. This means that various factors interact in the interpretation process.Interpreters are normally aware that some of these factors p... see more
1. IntroductionThis contribution provides a closer investigation of the so-called "spiral of interpretation"as identified in the "hermeneutical map" of Biblical interpretation that was analysed in thecontribution of Jonker in this volume.
1. IntroductionThere exists an abundant corpus of popular literature in South Africa for Bible studygroups. There are also a number of publications on appropriate Bible study methods forgroups. These texts often include sections on group dynamics and inte... see more
1. IntroductionPlurality is an inevitable and necessary result of Biblical interpretation. There can be nosingle fully adequate interpretation of any Biblical text. This is partly due to the polisemyinherent in the text itself, but also to the different h... see more
Elsabe Kloppers
Practical theology is often regarded as the stepchild of the theological disciplines. Itis seen as a kind of "applied" theology where the views unlocked and "deciphered"by other disciplines are "applied" to the practical situation. In this article it isar... see more
Christo J S Lombaard
In this article four recent books on Old Testament scholarship in SouthAfrica are discussed. These four volumes are, in alphabetical order:* Deist, F 1994: "Ervaring, rede en metode in Skrifuitleg. Wetenskapshistorieseondersoek na Skrifuitleg in die Ned. ... see more
Marietjie Odendaal
This article attempts to makes sense of the layering of different texts - by oneanother and by different reader responses. The juxtaposed texts are Ezekiel 16 andthe TRC account by Antjie Krog. The different reader responses are created by bothtexts and a... see more
Jan P Bosman
Gerstenberger's commentary on Psalms 61-150 (Book 2-5) of the Psalter andLamentations follows his 1988 commentary on Psalms 1-60 (Psalms, Part I; with anintroduction to cultic poetry - FOTL XIV) which included a very important section on culticpoetry. The... see more
Werner Lategan
Inthis publication Halpern attempts to reconstruct a life of the historical David, based onavailable biblical material. He provides the reader with a very well written andthoroughly researched publication (Though the reader might at times feel a bit lost ... see more