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Browsing Research Articles (Old Testament Studies) by Author "Boloje, Blessing Onoriode"
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode; Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2016)This article is an examination of the theological foundation that lies at the core of the expression of Israelite piety; that is, the foundational and defining characteristic reflexes in Israelite religious experience ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode; Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-11-05)This article demonstrates the vindictive tone of Malachi’s final sermon by highlighting the amazing reversal of fortunes of the righteous and shocking end of the wicked. Such a reversal or antithesis this article proposes, ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode (University of Stellenbosch, Department of Old and New Testament, 2019)The language of prostitution is used in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in both literal and metaphorical senses. Although harlots (prostitutes) and prostitution are mentioned in the HB/OT (Lev 18; 21:1–15 and Deut 23), these ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-10-25)Biblical criticism regards biblical books as fundamental texts expressing and embodying the core of faith and practice of a believing community. Thus, in line with canonical criticism, this article assumes the Book of ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode (Unisa Press, 2019)The struggle over land and its socio-economic relatedness, power, loss, and restoration ignites prophetic oracles represented in different clusters of prophetic activities in the Prophetic Books. While prophetic indictments ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode (AOSIS, 2021-10)Power and exploitation of power constitute an essential aspect of Micah’s oracles in the literary prophetic book, and surprisingly, exploitation of religious power was both highlighted and criticised by Micah. This article ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2019)The phenomenon of ritual criticism in prophetic writings of the HB/OT is one that highlights the discrepancy between ritual and lifestyle on the one hand and emphasizes the significance of rituals for the improvement of ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode (AOSIS, 2021-08)Micah 7:1–6 represents the prophet’s lamentation of the deficiency of moral value in a beloved nation. The oracle is a watershed in the Book of Micah that is aptly characterised by certain degrees of socio-economic and ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode; Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-07-09)The biblical concept of stewardship has been subjected to some misunderstanding. Each time the word stewardship is mentioned, the meaning that easily comes to mind is that of money. One of the means through which Christians ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode; Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-08-31)The article presents a literary and theological analysis of Job 42:2 as a fitting resolution of the conflicting engagement between Yahweh and Job, which enables both parties to preserve their integrity. The article ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode; Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2015)The category of covenant is considered to be the dominant and cohesive idea in the theology of the OT. It is the means through which Israel conceptualise its relation with Yahweh. Although the term “covenant” is variously ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode; Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (Unisa Press, 2014)This article shows how temples were viewed in biblical Israel and how the prophets understood the temple in their different contexts. The temple is emphasised as the abode of Yahweh by the prophets before the exile. During ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode; Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-10-09)This article focuses on Malachi’s distinctive claims that guarantee a well-ordered community, namely the validity and feasibility of a Torah-compliant community. Since Torah compliance is a fundamental core of Israel’s ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode; Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (AOSIS Open Journals, 2014-07-17)Any time humans in any culture consider primary ethical concepts, justice will be to the fore. Much seems to hinge upon it whether human society is to function with any semblance of civil order, security and harmony. ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode; Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2014)The theme of the Day of Yahweh is regarded as a central feature of the prophets’ message to their contemporaries. It is the most striking and prominent theme in the Book of the Twelve. While Isaiah focuses on Zion, ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode (Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2018)This article examines Malachi’s use of תּוֺרַה in dialogue with the wisdom tradition of Proverbs. The proposition of the article is that wisdom in the book of Proverbs is tôrāh-oriented and that Malachi’s use of tôrāh ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode; Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-05-29)The family is the bedrock that forms the indispensable foundation for discipleship. It was instituted by the Creator as his primary setting for human development and nurture (Gn 2:18–25; Ps 68:5, 6). Thus the crisis ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode (AOSIS Open Journals, 2020-07)The Hebrew Bible and/or the Old Testament is replete with narratives of families that are devastated and separated by the unfaithfulness of injustice. Such situations are mostly seen to be theologically reprehensible and ...
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Micah’s shepherd-king (Mi 2:12–13) : an ethical model for reversing oppression in leadership praxis Boloje, Blessing Onoriode (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2020-09)The exposition attempts to use Micah’s metaphor of shepherd-king (Mi 2:12–13) as a heuristic ethical model for reversing oppression and violence in leadership praxis. Given the reality of widespread oppression and violence ...
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Boloje, Blessing Onoriode (Unisa Press, 2017-12)This article is an examination of Micah’s theory of justice within the overall context of his oracles of judgements. While there are competing perspectives in the justice of judgement in the book of Micah, particularly in ...
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