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Jy moet jou naaste asook jou vyand liefhê: Liefde in Lukas 6:27–38 en 10:25–37

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2021
You must love your neighbour as well as your enemy: Love in Luke 6:27–38 and 10:25–37. The background of this study is found in the common perception that love as concept is linked to Jesus as basic ethical commandment and identity marker of Christians ...
Jan G. van der Watt
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The command to love the neighbour in Paul and the Synoptics

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2016
When sayings of Jesus are compared between the Pauline letters and the Synoptic Gospels in an attempt to locate parallels, Galatians 5:14 and Romans 13:8 10 have frequently been put forward as possible parallels to the Synoptic renditions of the great ...
Heinz A. Hiestermann, Gert J. Steyn
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The logos Christology in the fourth gospel (Jn 1:1–5, 14): A soteriological response to an Ewe cosmic prayer

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023
This article interprets the logos Christology in the fourth gospel within Ewe-Ghanaian cosmic setting. The article employs a combination of the exegetical and mother tongue biblical hermeneutics as its methodologies.
Daniel Sakitey, Ernest van Eck
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Witnesses to the truth: Mark’s point of view

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016
This article presents a narratological reading of the Gospel of Mark with special attention given to the role, function and rhetorical impact of point of view.
Deven K. MacDonald, Ernest Van Eck
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An African hermeneutic reading of Luke 9:18–22 in relation to conflict and leadership in pastoral ministry: The Cameroonian context

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2013
The practice of ministry is an intricate issue which involves the combination of individual efforts from diverse backgrounds. This diversity has been a breeding ground for conflict between the clergy and all the stakeholders involved in parish ...
Mbengu D. Nyiawung, Ernest van Eck
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Life in its unfullness: Revisiting ἀναίδειαν (Lk 11:8) in the light of papyrological evidence

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2017
The aim of this chapter is twofold. Firstly, the chapter presents a comprehensive study of the meaning of the term ἀναίδειαν in extant papyrological evidence.
Ernest van Eck, Robert J. Van Niekerk
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The true vine and the branches: Exploring the community ideation in John 15:1–16:3

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2023
An exploration of the Johannine narrative reveals that John addresses the problem of the relational dimension of a believing community as one of its ‘authorial intentions’.
Godibert K. Gharbin, Ernest Van Eck
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The imago Dei Weltanschauung as narrative motif within the Corinthian correspondence

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2016
This article reflects on the doctrine of humanity to explore that God created humankind in his image and likeness, and this means that all human beings have an inherent capacity to know the difference between good and bad, and between right and wrong ...
Jacobus (Kobus) Kok, Walter P. Maqoma
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‘Look, the place where they put him’ (Mk 16:6): The space of Jesus’ tomb in early Christian memory

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014
The tomb of Jesus posed two main problems for early Christians: firstly, the earliest memory of the tomb seems to recall it as the site of the dishonourable burial of a man executed as an enemy of the Roman imperial system; and secondly, the narrative of
Daniel A. Smith
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A silent unheard voice in the Old Testament: The Cushite woman whom Moses married in Numbers 12:1–10

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2018
Most of the time, women’s names are not mentioned, words are not put in their mouths or they are not allowed to say a word, and their achievements are behind the scene in the narratives.
David T. Adamo
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