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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019 This study explores humans’ ecological responsibility, firstly from an evolutionary perspective and then by emphasising especially the order and creation theology in the Old Testament wisdom literature. Ultimately, these entities will be connected.
Ananda Geyser-Fouche, Bernice Serfontein
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The theological significance of light (אור) in the Old Testament : an applied cognitive linguistic study [PDF]
, 2017 Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2017.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Even a casual reading of the Old Testament demonstrates that the ancient Israelite writers clearly conceived of some kind of conceptual relationship between light and YHWH.
Ruark, Joel D.
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018 In this study, the development of faith communities is investigated in different texts and contexts. The socio-religious understanding of various communities, from the time of the Old Testament, to today, has the potential to provide an understanding of ...
Ananda Geyser-Fouche, Carli Fourie
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Toward an Old Testament theology of light : from physical concept to metaphysical analogy [PDF]
, 2019 Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2019.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The rise of Cognitive Linguistics as an academic discipline in the last fifty years has spawned a new chapter in linguistic approches to biblical theology.
Ruark, Joel D.
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2013 Alternative approaches to text interpretation have introduced an opportunity to understand the biblical text afresh. One such an alternative approach is a Ricoeurian hermeneutic.
Anneke Viljoen, Pieter M. Venter
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Jehu’s violent coup and the justification of violence
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019 The putsch carried out by Jehu is one of the most violent stories in the Hebrew Bible. The text justifies the violence by portraying the rebellion as a case of retributive justice for the death of Naboth and as an attempt to purify Yahwism.
Lerato L.D. Mokoena, Esias E. Meyer
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It’s a Matter of Justice! The Old Testament and the Idea of Retribution
, 2023 This essay aims to do justice to an often misunderstood aspect of the concept of biblical – in this case, Old Testament – justice, namely the doctrine of retribution. Following on some introductory matters regarding the terminology, the various facets of
Hans Ausloos
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Job and Ecclesiastes as (postmodern?) wisdom in revolt
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2013 This article will be concerned with the question whether the books of Job and Ecclesiastes can be viewed as (postmodern) wisdom in revolt or not. Three questions underlie this title: firstly, are the books of Job and Ecclesiastes wisdom books?
Leon A. Roper, Alphonso Groenewald
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Carchemish in Near Eastern historiography and in the Old Testament [PDF]
, 2009 The goal of this article is to show how the three Old Testament texts mentioning Carchemish (Isa 10:9; Jer 46:2; 2 Chr 35:20) treat and reflect the historical event of the battle of Carchemish in 605 B.C.E.
Seidl, Theodor
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The disposal of the hattat flesh
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2013 This article investigates the criteria for the disposal of the sin offering in the book of Leviticus, the function of the different ways of disposal and the meaning of the disposal with regard to Leviticus 10:17.
Gyung-Yul Kim, Pieter M. Venter
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