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Elna Mouton

Hans Jacob Bernardus Combrink is op 23 Oktober 1940 in Lydenburg, Transvaal gebore.  In 1957 slaag hy matriek aan die Hoërskool Noord-Oosrand (Benoni) met ses onderskeidings.  Daarna studeer hy in die Teologie aan die Universiteit van Pretoria, ... see more

Pieter G. R. De Villiers

HISTORY, FAITH AND THE GOSPELS. PERSPECTIVES ONTHE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HISTORY AND THEOLOGYIN BIBLICAL STUDIESThis article investigates the relationship between history and theology in BiblicalStudies by analysing the context in which they should be unde... see more

Maretha M. Jacobs

In trying to identify the possible wider influence of feminist biblical scholarship, twomatters receive attention: the dualisms characteristic of patriarchal culture andfeminist scholars’ questioning and overcoming of these, and the Bible in feministdisco... see more

Young Jang

Apocalyptic stories, as rhetorical-symbolic narratives, urge the hearer to view his/herhistorical situation afresh and to act accordingly. To find out how this happens, thetransforming power of the Apocalypse has been analysed according to two contexts:th... see more

Bernard Lategan

This contribution is interested in the question: How do we remember 350 years of reformed history in South Africa? Recent developments in historiography have made it clear that the writing of history is not a reconstruction of the past, but a construct. I... see more

J. A. Loubser

In Luke 9:51-56 Jesus rebukes his disciples for wishing revenge on the Samaritansfor their lack of hospitality. The paper investigates the rich residual orality in thetext and the probable transformations that occurred when this narrative wasrecorded and ... see more

Elna Mouton

This worship service was broadcast by Radiosondergrense on the evening ofReformation Sunday, 27 October 2002. I gladly dedicate my interpretation of theCanaanite woman’s story as a humble tribute to Professor HJ Bernard Combrink,respected predecessor in t... see more

Klaus Nürnberger

This essay is an attempt to demonstrate that Paul's concept of salvation is theculmination of a long evolutionary history in biblical times. The nature of the “law”moved from an unspecified kind of faithfulness (zedaqah), through rather rigid andincreasin... see more

Jeremy Punt

Set against the backdrop of theories on the link between monotheism, messianicpersons and human violence, the relationship between Jesus and violence, asportrayed in the New Testament, is investigated with reference to a recentHollywood film, The Matrix (... see more

Fika J. Van Rensburg,Steve Moyise

Intertextuality is a postmodern literary concept that has become something of a buzz word in recent biblical studies. However, it can be fruitfully combined with more traditional approaches to illuminate the use of the Old Testament in the New. In this st... see more

Fika Vorster

In this essay I argue that a rhetoric of the body exposes the all-pervasiveness of thehierarchical principle as it manifested itself in the Graeco-Roman world. The parts ofthe ancient body were constructed with the fabrics of the social body. Implications... see more

Ernst Wendland

This well-known eschatological passage from Matthew is examined from two complementary discourse perspectives. First, the elaborate structural organization of the text is presented in terms of its salient compositional parallels and main points of interna... see more

Anda Le Roux

The chief aim of the research was to investigate the importance of Christian faith inthe prediction of loneliness. Questionnaires were completed by more than 3000church members of the reformed churches in Bloemfontein, from which a sample of1000 questionn... see more

Werner Lategan

In this publication Johanna Stiebert explores the phenomenon of shame andshame language in the Major Prophets, since shame vocabulary is the mostprevalent in these biblical books. In the introductory chapter she tries to indicatethe multi-faceted nature o... see more