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An ‘undervalued’ salvation oracle in the book of Jeremiah: Jeremiah 50:4–5 (Masoretic text)

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2023
The present article sets out to demonstrate that the promise of an eternal covenant in Jeremiah 50:5 plays a pivotal role in the book of Jeremiah Masoretic text (MT).
Marius D. Terblanche
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Jeremiah 50-51 (MT) as Catalyst in the Development of Babylon as a Symbol of Oppressive Empire

Old Testament Essays
The figure of Babylon became a symbol of any oppressive empire in Jewish as well as Christian literature. This essay proposes that the particular placement of the oracles against Babylon as attested in the Masoretic Text of the book of Jeremiah was a ...
Marius Daniel Terblanche
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The end of the oppressive empire is at hand: The thrust of the oracles in Jeremiah 50–51 Masoretic text

Verbum et Ecclesia
The article seeks to bring the effect of the encounter with the Neo-Babylonian Empire on the oracles in Jeremiah 50–51 Masoretic text (MT) to the fore. In these oracles, the Babylonian imperial claim of global rule from Babylon as a manifestation of the ...
Marius D. Terblanche
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Unveiling the depths of trauma and the profound impact of rape and shaming on the Babylonian women in Isaiah 13:16 – A trauma and resilience reading of the violent narrative in Isaiah 13:16 [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology
The book of Isaiah is one of the world’s oldest surviving resistance literature. Isaiah 13 describes God who collects an army for the battle against Babylon which will lead to Babylon’s utter desolation and destruction.
Elizabeth (Liza) Esterhuizen
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’n Besinning oor die identiteit van die knuppel van die HERE in Jeremia 51:20

In die Skriflig
A reflection on the identity of the club of Yahweh in Jeremiah 51:20: This article reflected on the identity of the club of Yahweh referred to in Jeremiah 51 v.20. Various solutions have been offered.
Marius D. Terblanche
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Exploring smart construction objects as blockchain oracles in construction supply chain management

Automation in Construction, 2021
Blockchain technology has attracted the interest of the global construction industry for its potential to enhance the transparency, traceability, and immutability of construction data and enables collaboration and trust throughout the supply chain ...
Xue Fan, Weisheng Lu
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The Oracles against Babylon in Jeremiah 50-51: Structures and Perspectives

Tyndale Bulletin, 1984
Kenneth T. Aitken
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JEREMIAH 51:15-19 (MT): AN “UNINTENTIONAL” LINK BETWEEN THE ORACLES AGAINST BABYLON AND THE REMAINDER OF THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH

Acta Theologica, 2018
The oracles against Babylon seem to be an anomaly in the Book of Jeremiah. The doxology in Jeremiah 51:15-19 (MT) does, however, serve as a link between these oracles and the remainder of the book of Jeremiah.
M. Terblanche
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Unsound and Informally Fallacious Preterist Arguments for Mark 13:24‐27

The Heythrop Journal, Volume 64, Issue 6, Page 796-811, November 2023., 2023
Abstract Abstract: The following article evaluates two common arguments for preterist interpretations of Mark 13:24‐27, collectively dubbed the ‘time‐text’ argument. These two arguments support symbolic and/or historicised interpretations. Our thesis is that the first argument is unsound and the second commits the informal fallacy of false dilemma ...
Elton L. Hollon
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Power and the Aerial Sublime in Victor Pelevin

The Russian Review, Volume 82, Issue 4, Page 582-598, October 2023., 2023
Abstract This essay distinguishes flight as a salient trope throughout multiple Pelevin texts: Omon Ra (1992), Chapaev and the Void (1996), Generation P (1999), Empire V (2006), and Love for Three Zuckerbrins (2014). It examines flight through the aesthetics of the sublime—classical, (post)‐Soviet, and postmodern.
Sofya Khagi
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