SCRIPTURA  

Hendrik Bosman

This article argues that divine presence and absence plays an important role in thenarratives of the book of Exodus. A dialectic between divine presence and absence isindicated by the use of the expression the “fear of God/the Lord” in Exodus. Thearticle ... see more

Michael Haspel

Starting from an analysis of Francis Schuessler Fiorenza’s argument for a politicaltheology based on the notion of the church as a community of interpretation, thisessay argues that, from a Protestant perspective, the church in modern societiesshould be s... see more

Daniël J. Louw

It is argued that “city” is a qualitative term that should be dealt with hermeneutically.It refers to a new state of mind and being within the processes ofglobalisation and glocalisation. City is a structure of common life and creates acorporate identity.... see more

Piet Naude

This paper explores the theological consonance between Nicea, the oldestecumenical creed, and Belhar, the youngest Reformed confession, in the context ofthe World Council of Churches’ project to find a common expression of theapostolic faith today.

Rensia Robinson

The conflict of interpretations is a dilemma as well as a challenge to the researcher. Thestudy of poems is not normally considered as directive in such investigations. For theRussian-American philologist Roman Jakobson however, poetry is the working labo... see more

Lovemore Togarasei

This article is aimed at analyzing the way New Testament political ethics wereinterpreted by Christians towards and after Zimbabwe’s 2002 Presidential elections.The research focused on the debates, by Christians, I observed and sometimesparticipated in. I... see more

Ernst R. Wendland

In this article I explore several implications of the thematic metaphorical terms“lighthouse” and “library” with reference to three translations of the completeScriptures that have been made in the Chinyanja language of Malawi, Zambia, andMozambique. How ... see more

Anton Karl Kozlovic

Jesus films abound, but less appreciated are the numerous hidden Jesus characters built into popular films, the Christ-figures. Although their existence, re-discovery and crafting is an ever-burgeoning area of academic religious discourse, Christfigures a... see more

Cas Wepener,Christoff Pauw

Back to the Future:On the Connection between Ritual Time and IdentityThis paper is an attempt to illustrate how ritual time figures in the formation ofidentity, and specifically how ritual time can play a positive, constructive role in theestablishment of... see more

Ernst M. Conradie

This review essay on the five volumes of the Earth Bible series focuses on the criticalBiblical hermeneutics employed in the series. It describes the background of the projectwithin the context of the emergence of ecological theology and assesses the sign... see more

Abel de Villiers

This article discusses Stirewalt’s new publication (2003) on Paul as a letter writerin the light of research on letters in New Testament Studies. After an introductorydiscussion of pioneering work by Deissmann, trends in twentieth century researchon lette... see more