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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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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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Armies of Misfits: Mobility Disabilities and Activism in the Biblical Studies Classroom [PDF]
, 2020 This article argues for the disabled body as a site of resistance and for the biblical studies classroom as one venue to mobile towards world-changing activism.
Darla Schumm +2 more
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Affective Resistance to Sirach’s Androcentric Presentation of a Daughter’s Body [PDF]
, 2022 This article concentrates on the affective impacts of the relationship between the bodies of the father and his daughter in Sirach. It relies on gender studies as well as affect theory to explore how intensities pass from body to body in the biblical ...
Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies +1 more
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Is the Bible the Word of God? A Theo-Apologetical Rethink [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2020 The Bible is a sacred book widely accepted in the Christendom, the true word of God. Past and present perceptions have revealed a great deal of importance and significance in the history of mankind.
Jacob Peter Oluwashola , Oladotun Paul
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Religions, 2023 The Epistle to the Hebrews contains several so-called “warning passages”. In these texts, the author of Hebrews warns the addressees that they may not tarnish their Christ-given identity through apostasy and leaving the Christ-believing community. One of
Arjan Van den Os
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Reading the Apocalypse with Christopher Nolan: Story and Narrative, Time and Space [PDF]
, 2022 This essay examines the Book of Revelation in dialogue with the films of Christopher Nolan, with particular attention to the use of nonlinear narrative.
Jamie Davies +1 more
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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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A Godly Man and a Manly God: Resolving the Tension of Divine Masculinities in the Bible [PDF]
, 2021 In the Hebrew Bible, God epitomises an ideal hegemonic masculinity: sexless but reproductive, in control of his creation, and hypermasculine when engaging with his feminised followers. As such, the Gospel writers depict Jesus as the Son of God with this,
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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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