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The true vine and the branches: Exploring the community ideation in John 15:1–16:3
Verbum 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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‘Look, the place where they put him’ (Mk 16:6): The space of Jesus’ tomb in early Christian memory
HTS 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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Contextualising biblical exegesis: What is the African biblical hermeneutic approach?
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2013 This article responded to the question about the right methodology needed for the reconstruction of a viable African Christian theology. It equally contributed an answer to earlier concerns by Appiah-Kubi, Stinton and Nyiawung, who had grappled with an ...
Mbengu D. Nyiawung
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A silent unheard voice in the Old Testament: The Cushite woman whom Moses married in Numbers 12:1–10
In 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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The task and future of New Testament Studies
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023 In the light of various new tendencies in New Testament Studies, this article charts out the task for future students and researchers in the field. Within the frame of newer socio-cognitive discourse studies, it builds on the semiotic foundation that ...
Cilliers Breytenbach
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The portrayal of Africa and Africans in the book of Jeremiah
In die Skriflig, 2018 Since the 1980s, many Jeremianic scholars have spent much time on the study of the various contentious issues in order to resolve them. However, there has been no unanimous agreement yet. One of these contentious issues is the relationship of the prophet
David T. Adamo
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021 In a world where economies have no moral conscience, biblical theologians can challenge local cultures with ancient wisdom about generosity and equity.
Scot McKnight
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Festivals, cultural intertextuality, and the Gospel of John’s rhetoric of distance
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2011 Imperial and civic-religious festivals pervaded the late first-century city of Ephesus where John’s Gospel was, if not written, at least read or heard. How did Jesus-believers as likely members of somewhat participationist synagogue communities negotiate
Warren Carter
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