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Browsing Verbum et Ecclesia Volume 30 Issue 1 (2009) by Type "Article"
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Van Oort, Johannes (Hans)
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
The article explores how Augustine of Hippo (354-430) deals with the Jews and Judaism. First it investigates the occurrence and meaning of the word “Iudaeus” in Augustine’s works. It turns out that Augustine, unlike many ...
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Bentley, Wessel
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
As the Church is moving towards its 21st century of existence, it is confronted by challenges it has never known before. This changing world demands self-reflection within the Church. It has to consider its place, identity ...
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Meylahn, R.
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
This essay is motivated by the challenge that biblical texts have very often lost their affective power to address and transform the lives of readers today, because they are either not read at all or they are not fully ...
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Kok, Jacobus (Kobus)
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
John views the death and resurrection of Jesus as an inseparable unity (cf 10:17-18). In this article it is then argued that the resurrection of Jesus in John could be understood as a Johannine σημεία (cf 2:18-22), as well ...
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Steyn, C.S.
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
Personality types can be understood as a key in the ecclesiological positioning of members of the church. The aim of this article is to emphasise the possibilities for the church of addressing members of different personality ...
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Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969-
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
I was requested by the editors of the "Historical Commentary on the Old Testament" (HCOT) to contribute two volumes on Isaiah in this series. This present article, however, focuses only on volume I: Isaiah 1-12. The aim ...
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Van Niekerk, A.S. (Attie)
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
In recent years some of the lecturers at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria were confronted with the question whether they believed in the historical and physical resurrection of Jesus. This article ...
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Baumann, Gerlinde, 1962-
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
Old Testament sapiential literature is often described as "ethical literature", however, when concepts on Old Testament ethics are formulated, this literature is often overlooked. Furthermore, there are almost no monographs ...