5 articles in this issue
David T Williams
Readers of the New Testament must be struck by the way in which Jesus reffered to God as his 'Father'. At the same time he is reffered to as 'Son of God'. History testifies to the development of these terms into a full Trinitarianism in which a pre-existe... see more
Lauri Thurén
'By the appeal we make...we are not trying to trick you' (2 Cor. 2.17); 'We speak with sincerity' (1 Thess. 2.3-5). For centuries, paul's readers have accepted frequent assertions such as these at face value. Paul is regarded as an unpretentious writer, w... see more
D F O'Kennedy
This article investigates the relationship between justice and forgiveness of injustice in Psalm 103. A point of confusion in the structure of the entire Psalm is the position of verse 6. This article argues that verse 6 may be called a transitional verse... see more
Jeremy Punt
Criticism of the methodolomania characterising South African New Testament scholarship is expressed by attending to the wider yet neglected setting of preoccupation with methodology: the need for a ethics of interpretation which adresses responsibility an... see more
Petrus J Gräbe
For many Christians, the concept 'New Covenant' has the connotation of 'New Testament' as opposed to 'Old Testament'. 'New Covenant' is, however, also a thoroughly 'Old Testament' category. Although the term 'New Covenant' occurs only in Jeremiah 31:... see more