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Browsing Research Articles (Old Testament Studies) by Type "Article"
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(Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-06)This study compares Chronicles with its source documents. It is obvious that the authors of Chronicles omitted certain parts of the source documents on the other hand on the other emphasized certain aspects with a specific ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-02)This article reflected a comparison of 1 and 2 Chronicles with its source documents. It transpires that the history of Israel and Judah is selectively retold by the authors of Chronicles with deliberate omissions and ...
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(AOSIS, 2021-10-21)This article examines the effect of hate speech in Nigeria in the light of 1 Kings 12:1–24. Hate speech refers to any speech that subordinates, marginalises or harms members of a group. The analysis of the text unveils ...
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(AOSIS, 2024-07-09)This article examines the Amnon–Tamar narrative in 2 Samuel 13:1–22 in the light of the psychological effects of rape in Enugu State, Nigeria. 2 Samuel 13:1–22 is an exposition on the tragic assault meted out on Tamar ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-11-30)This article contributes to the theme of life’s fullness by emphasising the struggle for meaning during the Persian era as reflected in Genesis 15 and 17. The community’s ‘strategy’ was to reflect on their identity in ...
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(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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(Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of LIMPOPO, 2011)This article entails a critical investigation of the role of Africa and Africans in the scheme of Salvation in the Old Testament. It identifies the terminology used to refer to Africa and Africans in the ancient period, ...
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(AOSIS, 2021-12-03)This article investigates interpretations of the Book of Ruth from the point of view of some African scholars. Firstly, an attempt is made to understand what is meant by African biblical hermeneutics (ABH). An overview ...
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(AOSIS, 2022-04-19)Hermeneutics is the science of textual interpretation and comprises a wide range of disciplines, which helps to control subjective influences in the study of the Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures. It is imperative to ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-06-02)This study examines the role of traditional leaders, as custodians of culture, in the fight against infection with the HI virus and the AIDS pandemic in the Chipinge District of Zimbabwe. The research aims to assess ...
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(Unisa Press, 2014)The request for love and initiating love exchanges by the woman in the Song of Songs deviates from the norms of the day. Reading such audacity as promoting a feminine agenda perhaps says more about the reader’s world than ...
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(AOSIS Publishing, 2023-08-10)This article used Proverbs 23:19–21, 29–32 as a lens for analysing alcohol addiction in Benue State. The pericope warns that alcoholism leads to poverty, regrets, and life-threatening consequences. These given aphorisms ...
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(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2014)An analysis of the three journeys of Enoch (1 En. 12–36) shows that preference is given to the spatial aspect in these revelation narratives. Both the heavenly journey (1 En. 12–16) and the two earthly journeys to the ...
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(Baptist Union of Southern Africa, 2012-09-14)Poverty in Africa is an enigma when one considers the natural resources and potential that there is. Worse still, Africa’s resources are extracted to develop other parts of the world. For this reason, this article argues ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2014-12)The Bapedi is an ethnic group in South Africa whose traditional music is not welldocumented. For this article, 31 traditional Pedi religious songs from 11 elderly Bapedi women in Sekhukhune, Limpopo Province, South Africa ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-08)The narrative in Genesis 18:1–15 deals with God’s visit to Abraham at Mamre. The general tendency in the interpretation of this narrative is to focus on Abraham’s hospitality. It is usually interpreted as an example of ...
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(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-06-19)The Ancient Egyptian concept of Ma‘at shows some analogies to the concept of ubuntu. Both concepts seem to presuppose that people in a given society are willing to act for each other. In Bible exegesis, the concept of ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2021-03-18)In this article the impact of the Covid-19 virus will be used as a lens to read this Isaianic text. The collective threat of the corona-virus causes trauma on societies and communities on different levels: psychological, ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-07-07)This article focuses on Andries van Aarde’s work on the historical Jesus and especially his book, Fatherless in Galilee, which made an important contribution to historical Jesus study in South Africa. In the first part ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06)This article pays tribute to Andries van Aarde’s theological and hermeneutical contribution. His research unfolds in three phases: a narrative reading of the text, a social scientific investigation of the context and an ...
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