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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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The World of the Old Testament [PDF]
, 1995 Reviewed Book: Woude, Adam S van der. The World of the Old Testament.
Teigen, Ragnar C.
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Romance Loans in Middle Dutch and Middle English: Retained or Lost? A Matter of Metre1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract Romance words have been borrowed into all medieval West‐Germanic languages. Modern cognates show that the metrical patterns of loans can differ although the Germanic words remain constant: loan words Dutch kolónie, English cólony, German Koloníe compared with Germanic words Dutch wéduwe, English wídow, German Wítwe.
Johanneke Sytsema, Aditi Lahiri
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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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Remnant Case Forms and Patterns of Syncretism in Early West Germanic
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract Early stages of the Old West Germanic languages differ from the other two branches, Gothic and Norse, by showing remnants of a fifth case in a‐ and ō‐stem nouns. The forms in question, which have the ending ‐i or ‐u, are conventionally labelled ‘instrumental’ and cover a range of functions, such as instrument, means, comitative and locative ...
Will Thurlwell
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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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The Five Main Themes of the Old Testament [PDF]
, 2015 Definition and history of the Old Testament themes of covenant, kingship, grace, sacrifice, and ...
Mumme, Laura E.
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Disruptive Repentance: Protesting in the Morning Service at Waitangi in 1983
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.In 1983 on Waitangi Day, nine Pākehā Christian protesters (including Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian and Baptist ministers) were arrested and charged with disorderly behaviour for interrupting the morning church service at Waitangi. In solidarity with Māori activists and wider protests, they sought to draw attention to the longstanding failure of the ...
Michael Mawson
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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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