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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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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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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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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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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Die Bybel: Teks en ondermyning
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2003 The Bible: Text and subversion This article explores both the subversive dimension of the biblical text, in particular the Old Testament, as the ramifications thereof for the concept of a religious text.
Philip J. Nel
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Verbum et Ecclesia, 2021 Biblical texts were performed in Israel and current research shows many gains from performing biblical text today. This article, based on empirical studies, highlights four benefits.
June F. Dickie
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