SCRIPTURA  

Vernon K Robbins

Twenty years have passed since John AT Robinson threw a bombshell into scholarly circles by arguing for a radical redating of New Testament writings (Robinson 1976). Many New Testament scholars refused to sanction the debate by entering it directly. ... see more

Vernon K Robbins

The topic of this address is the birth of Christian discourse during the first century of the common era.  An analogy, if you will, can be the birth of the discourse of South Africa as a new nation.  The strategy is to approach the birth of Chri... see more

Cornel Du Toit

The reformulation of a theological research policy is necessitated by a post-apartheid environment as well as development concerning the value, preconditions and manner of research.  One could, for example, refer to the changing concept of truth and ... see more

D J Louw

The basic assumption underlying the argument is that the reconstruction of our society would be hampered unless opportunities are created for dealing with the issue of guilt and the basic disposition and attitude of people in our country in a constructive... see more

Louis C Jonker

In recent years many scholars have ventured the quest towards an integrational or multidimensional approach to Biblical exegesis.  The present methodological environment in which exegetical strategies proliferate at an alarming rate, has become unten... see more

Julian C Müller

For the last couple of years, and especially prior to the elections during April 1994, South Africa society has been suffering because of ongoing violence.  What could be the reasons for this phenomenon?  Was it orchestrated or did it happen spo... see more

D F O’Kennedy

There are a few misconceptions concerning the understanding of prayer in the Old Testament, namely 1) prayer literature does not form an integral part of the Old Testament; 2) Old Testament prayer is confined to Psalmic prayers; 3) every single prayer mus... see more

D I Tönsing

This essay attempts to discern an approach to the problem of suffering by analyzing the use of creation language in three passages in Job (Job 3:1-10, 9:1-10 and 38:1-15) on the background of the theology of cosmic order and retribution common in the ANE.... see more

Ukachukwu Chris Manus

No one doubts, as the contemporary social political handwriting on the African walls indicates, that Africa is in the throes of moral crises.  Unethical acts and indiscipline are quite common place in virtually all the countries of the African contin... see more