SCRIPTURA  

Gideon Kotzé

The collection of six essays on the book of Lamentations presented here are theoutcome of an initiative begun in 2011 to gain the insights and perspectives ofscholars in various areas of specialization on the “text” and “interpretation” ofLamentations. Th... see more

Hendrik Bosman

Cannibalism is a sensitive subject that many commentaries on the Book ofLamentations pay little attention to. This article develops the possibility that theBook of Lamentations confronts YHWH with the affliction that He has caused thedestruction of Jerusa... see more

Jaco Gericke

In this article, the author offers a brief hauntological perspective on Lamentations 3.After discussing some of the rudiments of the relevant type of Derridean philosophyof history/literature, the hauntological layers of Lamentations 3 are extracted byway... see more

Louis Jonker

A connection is often made between Lamentations and Chronicles in terms of theancient Rabbinic tradition of Jeremianic authorship of Lamentations. SecondChronicles 35:25 is normally quoted as the instigation of this tradition, since thisverse at the end o... see more

Gideon R. Kotzé

This study takes as its point of departure the view that 4QLam, one of themanuscripts of Lamentations from Qumran, holds great significance for both textcriticsand exegetes who study Lamentations. To illustrate the significance of themanuscript, this stud... see more

Jacobus A. Naudé,Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé

This article examines how the translators of the King James Bible (1611) appropriatedmuch of the wording from the prior tradition of the Bible in English(especially the Tyndale New Testament of 1526, the Coverdale Bible of 1535, theMatthew’s Bible of 1537... see more

Herrie F. Van Rooy

The Ancient Versions of the Old Testament can be utilised for different purposes.Two of the most important usages of the Septuagint, Peshitta, Vulgate and theTargums are their use in the process of reconstructing the Hebrew text of the OldTestament and th... see more

Gordon Dames

This article is a first attempt in beating a new conceptual path for future andongoing reflection and action in transforming faculties of theology at highereducation institutions in South Africa. The following outline should guide us on ourjourney of disc... see more

Zoro Dube

In this article, I explore the social function of speaking in tongues using migrationtheory. My point of departure is that language delimits a community and defines itscollective identity. The notion of speaking in tongues is a unique activity in that it ... see more

Bernard Lategan

Romans 13:1-7 has remained a challenge for interpreters throughout the history ofthe New Testament. A previous study investigated the actual readings of the passageduring the political transition in South Africa. The present article is a follow-upstudy an... see more

Christo Lombaard

The discipline of Biblical Spirituality makes again explicit what has at timesremained only implicit or has at times been overlooked in exegetical practice: thatthe biblical texts face two ways. On the one hand, the faith-in-historical-contextwhich lead t... see more

Charlene Van der Walt

Theoretically the process of intercultural Bible reading should create a safe spacewhere the voice of the individual can be heard in community with others. It shouldbe a space where the individual is not only free to speak but also to have the innateexper... see more

Cas Wepener

The main research question of this article concerns the value of the concept ofliminality and its concomitant concepts such as communitas for liturgical studies inSouth Africa by the year 2012 as pertaining to the wider South African socialcontext. Firstl... see more