Recontructing the Formation of Israel's Religion in the context of Old Testament Biblical Text
Khazanah Theologia, 2022 The Old Testament can be said to be an interpretation of life and beliefs at that time and period, namely in the world and beliefs of ancient Israel. In addition, the Old Testament is often considered the primary source for the history of religion and ...
Tirta Susila, Latupeirissa Risvan
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African Biblical Hermeneutics Considering Ifá Hermeneutic Principles
Religions, 2023 African contextual biblical hermeneutics, practiced mainly among those from the southern hemisphere, is framed by conflicting academic approaches, methods, epistemologies, rationalities, etc.
Moïse Adéniran Adékambi
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PECULARITIES OF FUNCTIONING OF THE BIBLICAL TEXT IN A NOVEL’S PLOT: ON THE PROBLEM OF INTERPRETATION OF BIBLICAL QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS IN DOSTOEVSKY’S “CRIME AND PUNISHMENT” [PDF]
Проблемы исторической поэтики, 2015 This article analyzes the interpretations of biblical texts in Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment”. It reveals the cases of ambiguity in determining the sources and the character of functioning of biblical allusions and quotations in the ...
Nataliya A. Tarasova
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Debriefing hermeneutics for a balanced reading of the biblical text
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 In this study, it is argued that the trust of previous (and existing) hermeneutical approaches of promoting ancient biblical texts as applicable to the everyday life of contemporary readers is not only imaginable but also too ambitious.
Mogomme A. Masoga
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“Right on, Vashti!”: Minor Characters and Performance Choices in the Synagogal Megillah Reading
Religions, 2023 Every Purim, synagogues read the biblical Book of Esther aloud in liturgy, a tradition that exemplifies how synagogue performance practices elaborate on, revise, and refine minor characters in the text.
Jonathan Homrighausen
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Women and Children under Siege: Re-reading Biblical Texts in light of Child Abandonment in South Africa [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2022 The position of women and children in ancient times and today was/is never promising, because they are too often exposed to suffering, hunger, high levels of violence, abandonment, homelessness, and death.
Rev Zukile Ngqeza (Doctoral Candidate) +1 more
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Reading Solomon J. Solomon’s Samson against the Book of Judges
Forum, 2016 This paper examines Solomon J. Solomon’s Samson, an interpretative artistic portrayal of the biblical Samson and Delilah narrative in Judges 16. Solomon’s painting explores themes of eroticism, power, and ‘the Other’.
Aysha Musa
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Interlocution after liberation: Who do we interpret with and which biblical text do we read with?
, 2020 This article aims to point out two seminal reflections on interlocution: Frostin’s insightful late-1980s ( 1988 ) analysis of ‘Third World’ liberation theologies and his contention that the decisive question for liberation theologies was the question of ...
G. West
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Interaction between image and text during the process of biblical art reception
Journal of Eye Movement Research, 2021 In our exploratory study, we ask how naive observers, without a distinct religious background, approach biblical art that combines image and text. For this purpose, we choose the book ‘New biblical figures of the Old and New Testament’ published in 1569 ...
Gregor Hardiess, Caecilie Weissert
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Understanding of Polygamy in the Qur’anic Text, Hadith Text, and Biblical Text
Al-Ihkam: Jurnal Hukum dan Pranata Sosial, 2020 The difference in views that often arises and becomes the latest issue in the context of family law is polygamy. Polygamy is misunderstood as something that is frightening for some people so it needs to be shunned.
Rohmansyah Rohmansyah
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