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Religions, 2023 According to Numbers 21:4–9, the Nehushtan was a copper/bronze snake effigy that functioned as a ‘magical’ healing tool to cure the early Israelites from venomous snakebites they incurred during their desert wanderings. What is unclear from the narrative
Gillian Williams, Mariette Harcombe
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Beyond Controversy in the Hebrew Bible: Standing Stones as Messengers of Common Humanity
Religions, 2023 The Hebrew Bible is not only an ancient religious text, but also imbues information about the lives of people. Beyond controversial matters in the text, links can be found to common humanity with ancient roots. This renders the text not only relevant for
Elizabeth S. Bloem Viljoen
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Humans created God in their image? An anthropomorphic projectionism in the Old Testament
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018 The Old Testament projects not only a Deity that created the world and human beings but also one that is violent and male. The debate on the depiction of the God of Israel that is violent and male is far from being exhausted in Old Testament studies ...
Ndikho Mtshiselwa, Lerato Mokoena
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021 In recent years, there is growing concern with some of the bizarre practices in some neoprophetic churches. Amongst the concerns raised are the bizarre practices and the commercialisation of churches with claims that churches are being turned into ...
Hulisani Ramantswana +1 more
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Communicating amidst reality: Ezekiel�s communication as a response to his reality
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2014 The reality of exile was the backdrop of Ezekiel s prophecies (communication). He respondedto this reality with a word that he claimed he received from YHWH.
Johan Serfontein, Wilhelm J. Wessels
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Hezekiah and the Assyrian tribute
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2013 The immensity of Hezekiah s tribute payment to the Assyrian monarch, Sennacherib (2 Ki 18:14) has elicited limited reflection by scholars. Agriculture, generally believed to have formed the basis of the Judaean economy, could not alone have financed ...
Gail A. R�thlin, Magdel le Roux
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Gender and sexualities in African contexts and Circle theologies
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2016 No abstract available.
V. Ndikhokele N. Mtshiselwa +1 more
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Griseldaonline, 2023 This study investigates how the biblical text addresses the issue of judicial corruption. For a regulatory system that self-conceives itself as divinely inspired, a phenomenon such as bribery poses a particular problem.
Davide D'Amico
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Dangling between death and hope: An HIV and AIDS gender-sensitive re-reading of Psalm 6
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2016 The genre of laments (both individual and communal) can be traced historically, even up to today, to periods of crisis. The psalms of lament in the Hebrew Bible point to periods both of national crisis such as wars, exile, and individual crisis, namely ...
Madipoane Masenya (ngwan'a Mphahlele) +1 more
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Verbum et Ecclesia, 2015 In this article, two lenses are used to engage the task of African Biblical Hermeneutics. The one lens is derived from African wisdom, i shavha i sia muinga i ya fhi?, in which there is a need for people to affirm their own roots.
Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan'a Mphahlele) +1 more
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