4 articles in this issue
Editorial Committee
We dedicate this edition of Scriptura to Professor AlfredGeorge Rooks, emeritus professor of the Department ofReligious Studies, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. Afterhis retirement in 1975 Professor Rooks moved to Durban,where he teaches Old Testam... see more
G. A. Rauche
Philosophical "projects", no matter by what. method they are conceived and from what historical situation they are postulated, are man's mirror. This means that they reflect the prevailing historical conditions of the age: the specific conflicts of the ti... see more
John N. Jonsson
The article demonstrates the value of Geo Widengren's phenomenological method. This method resolves the problem of syncretism lurking in any attempt at a comparative study of religion, and is viewed against the background of the history of philosophy in S... see more
G. H. Wittenberg
Starting with the contrasting evaluation of poverty in the Book of Proverbs, the author first gives a short review of scholarship iVon Rad, Gese, Kuschke) pointing to weaknesses in previous approaches. A new departure is being sought with the help of ling... see more