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The Frankenstein of Biblical Studies? [PDF]
, 2015 Advances in archaeology and carbon-dating contribute to our understanding of the biblical text’s historical context, of daily life in ancient Israel, and of the provenance of inscriptions.
Alison Joseph
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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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Is the woman in the Song of Songs really that free?1
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2000 The Song of Songs has often been treated as a platform for feminist liberationist causes. This study aims to re-examine some feminist ideological readings of the Song of Songs. Although feminist scholars insist thal the female "voice" is very conspicuous
S. S. Ndoga, H. Viviers
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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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"How Things Feel: Biblical Studies, Affect Theory, and the (Im)Personal" [PDF]
, 2016 This essay is an intellectual history, one of affect theory both within and without biblical studies, rendered as an ecology of thought. It is an “archive of feelings,” a series of thematic portraits, and a description of the landscape of the field of ...
Maia Kotrosits
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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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