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Browsing by UP Author "Steyn, Gert Jacobus"
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
In this article, the hypothesis of a possible angelomorphic christology, as addressed by the author of Hebrews, is investigated. It is argued that when Jesus was proclaimed as “Son of God”, he was probably identified by ...
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(Bureau for Scholarly Journals, 2007-09)
Gedurende Oktober 2004 is 'n vertalingsprojek begin met 'n klein groepie senior studente ten einde die Septuaginta (LXX) psalms vir die eerste keer in Afrikaans te vertaal. Die belang van die LXX vir die Christendom kan ...
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(SASNES/Unisa Press, 2008)
This study provides a comparative survey of the books of LXX Esther,
Judith and Susanna. It utilizes primarily narrative criticism, keeping in
mind that the narratives should be examined as literature, investigating
each ...
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Hiestermann, Heinz A.; Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2016-09-30)
When sayings of Jesus are compared between the Pauline letters and the Synoptic Gospels in
an attempt to locate parallels, Galatians 5:14 and Romans 13:8–10 have frequently been put
forward as possible parallels to the ...
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-09-30)
It is appropriate
to reflect on the ability of language in pursuing and establishing peace. This contribution
briefly explores the Jewish Wisdom literature, the Jewish-Hellenistic philosophy of the corpus
Philonicum and ...
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-05-11)
The purpose of this contribution is to present a general survey of darkness as power in the
New Testament. It is generally accepted that darkness functions on a symbolic-metaphorical
level on the one hand and on a literal ...
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-11-07)
It is the intention of this article to investigate how Philo’s understanding of the universe,
and particularly its four basic elements as taught by the Greek philosophers, influenced his
description of the God of Israel’s ...
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(Walter de Gruyter, 2012-10)
No abstract available.
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
Some remarks on the Christological interpretation of Scripture as
hermeneutical key of New Testament authors:
Some remarks are made in the following article regarding the christological
use of Scripture by the early ...
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(Insitute for Afro-Hellenic Studies, 2012)
This investigation presents a brief survey of the interjection between the occurrences of fire imagery and its connections with prophecy as Theophany in the Greek Old Testament and with reference to the Revelation of John. ...
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2011)
Hebrews’ references and allusions to angels are investigated in the light of early
Jewish apocalyptic imagery and against the backdrop of similarities with a number
of aspects that possibly underlie the Qumran community. ...
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006)
This contribution wants to provide a broad overview of sexuality in the New Testament. It provides broad thematic stripes, picturing the early Christians as sexual beings with a new identity in Christ. Sexuality is a given ...
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-11-18)
The important contribution that the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) hold for New Testament studies is
probably most evident in Ad Hebraeos. This contribution seeks to present an overview of
relevant extant DSS fragments available ...
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1995)
This article is an attempt to summarize the results of the author's doctoral thesis. Three aspects of the problem under investigation are discussed, i e the texthistorical, methodological and hermeneutical aspects. The ...
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(Unisa Press, 2015)
Several common motifs and linguistic similarities between the books of the Maccabees and the book of Hebrews were noted in the past by scholars in random remarks and ad hoc statements. These relations and similarities ...
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Ancient Studies, 2014)
The unknown author of Hebrews uses the hapax legomenon θεράπων in his reference to Moses as a “servant” when he contrasts Moses with Jesus in Heb 3:1-6. He states that Moses was faithful as a servant (θεράπων) in God’s ...
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2010)
Ps 102(101) is only quoted explicitly in Heb 1:10–12 in the whole of the corpus of known early Jewish and early Christian literature. It is a complex Psalm, containing an individual‘s lament who grieves for Zion, but ends ...
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06-07)
This study investigates the explicit quotation from Exodus 25:40 in Hebrews 8:5 where the
motif of the earthly sanctuary, understood to be modelled on that of the heavenly sanctuary
in some circles of early Judaism and ...
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus
(New Testament Society of South Africa, 2008)
After a brief survey of methods of using the OT in general in the NT, the focus of this study moves particularly to methods that were applied in using Scripture by the Auctor ad Hebraeos. The unknown author made use of a ...
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Steyn, Gert Jacobus; University of Pretoria. Dept. of New Testament Studies
(University of Pretoria, 2012-09-07)
In his lecture on Paul’s Interpretation of Yehoshua ben Yoseph through the Scriptures of Israel
as “retrodiction”, Gert Steyn addressed a sensitive and hotly debated contemporary issue –
particularly amongst South African ...