Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 27
Barbara Thiering's interpretation of Jesus' life
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 1999)
English: The purpose of this paper is to present arguments to disprove Thiering's claim that documents like the New Testament, Dead Sea Scrolls, the writings of Josephus, etc. might reveal the actual historical Jesus. Her ...
The Book of Ruth as intra-Biblical critique on the Deuteronomic law
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 1999)
The book of Ruth, written in the post-exilic period, constitutes a 'homily on Dt 23- 25', (Michael D Goulder). It is the only biblical example of an entire book systematically subjecting a body of laws from the Deuteronomic ...
Divine and human violence and destruction in Jeremiah 20:7 - 13
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 1999)
Jeremiah 20:7-13 is a texc presenting the interpreter with a multitude of problems. Five main areas of research are briefly highlighted. This paper focuses on the interpretation of hamas wasod in Jer 20:8. Eight different ...
Implikasies van 'n postmodernistiese lees van die Ou Testament vir die terreine van die teologie, die bybelwetenskap, die publiek en die kerk
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 1999)
Traditionally textual analysis of the Old Testament is done within a modernist
framework. However, a postmodernist approach opens up new avenues in this
regard. The reading strategy of critical deconstruction, based on ...
Landelik-stedelike interaksie en plaaslike owerheidsbestuur in die Stellenbosch-distrik
(University of the Free State, 1999)
English: The distinction between rural and urban areas in various parts of the world is fading because of increasing interaction between the two groups of communities. lt is particularly the nature and magnitude of the ...
Die postmodernistiese diskoers en die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomiese oorgang
(University of the Free State, 1999)
English: The postmodernist reaction to the Cartesian Anxiety caused by the rejection of modernism as philosophical basis for science is set out in this paper. It is argued that the hermeneutical tradition within postmodernism ...
The death of Alexander the Great
(University of the Free State, 1999)
English: The circumstances of Alexander's death are reviewed. Since contemporary sources vary in their accounts of the reason for his death, they are briefly reviewed and assessed. The account of Alexander's final illness ...
Die verbouing van tafeldruiwe en sultanas in die Benede-Oranje-riviergebied
(University of the Free State, 1999)
English: The table grape and sultana industry is an economic mainstay for the Lower Orange River area, but without irrigation the industry cannot exist, mainly because of the dry climate in the area. However, it is not ...
'Modernity': the historical ontology
(University of the Free State, 1999)
English: The article focuses on a fundamental and generally disregarded aspect of modern thought: the turn in eighteenth-century philosophy towards a historical ontology. The works of selected intellectuals such as Defoe ...
Die weg na 'n omgewingsgeografie
(University of the Free State, 1999)
English: While geography's organization in subdisciplines hardly changed since it was institutionalized as a university discipline during the 1880s, its struccure and research styles changed rapidly and fundamentally since ...