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‘What is that to us? See to it yourself’ (Mt 27:4): Making atonement and the Matthean portrait of the Jewish chief priests

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014
To read the Gospel of Matthew within its 1st century religious context is to read an intensely Jewish narrative. Central to the world of this Gospel are the Jerusalem temple, its administrators, the chief priests, and the sacrificial system which they ...
Dorothy Jean Weaver
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When the second man takes the lead: reflections on Joseph Barnabas and Paul of Tarsus and their relationship in the New Testament

Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2010
Upon scrutiny Joseph Barnabas, mentioned in the New Testament mainly in the Book of Acts but also elsewhere, emerges as one of the great leaders and mentors in early Christianity.
C.W. Stenschke
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Same-sex relationships: A 1st-century perspective

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014
Read in the light of other Jewish literature of the time, not least, Philo of Alexandria, Paul’s comments in Romans 1 about same-sex relations should be seen as a rhetorical ploy to gain a sympathetic hearing for his argument from the Roman recipients ...
William Loader
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Introduction to the Special Issue: Exploring the Complexity of Identities and Boundaries in the New Testament and Related Literature

Religions
The purpose of this essay is to situate this volume within the context of a specific academic research context in the field of Biblical studies, specifically New Testament studies and related literature [...]
H. H. Drake Williams, Jacobus (Kobus) Kok   +1 more
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Violence and Human Prayer to God in Q 11

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014
The present article examines the use of κρούω in Q 11:9 against the backdrop of documentary papyri and Greek literary texts that employ the verb to evoke a stock scene of aggression and threat at the door of a house.
Giovanni B. Bazzana
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Justice and reconciliation in Luke 19:1–10: A South African post-apartheid anti-imperial reading

Verbum et Ecclesia
This article endeavours to offer an anti-imperial interpretation of the micro-narrative of Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1–10, portraying it as a model for justice and reconciliation in post-apartheid South Africa.
Patson K. Motuku, Ernest van Eck
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Hallmarks of cancer-the new testament. [PDF]

Open Biol, 2021
Senga SS, Grose RP.
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Constructing a Christ-centred identity: A social identity reading of the Epistle to Titus

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
The Pastoral Epistle to Titus offers both theological insights and practical guidance for Christ-followers on the island of Crete, a context moulded by enduring public reputations and persistent negative cultural stereotypes.
Rudolph P. Momberg, Jacobus Kok
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Old Testament Quotations in the New Testament (by Old Testament Books)

Old Testament Quotations in the New Testament (by Old Testament Books)
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GIS as a heuristic tool to interpret ancient historiography: A case study to reconstruct what could plausibly have happened according to the accounts in New Testament texts. [PDF]

Trans GIS, 2021
van Altena V, Krans J, Bakker H, Stoter J.   +3 more
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