AT 2004 Volume 24 Issue 1
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Thompson's modes of operation of ideology and depth hermeneutics as hermeneutical tools: ideology and the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 4 23-7:29)
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2004)English: This article will first provide a synopsis of Thompson’s understanding of ideology and then apply it to two selected verses (Mt. 5:3 & 4) from the Sermon on the Mount. An attempt will be made to reveal the ... -
Calvin and other religions
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2004)English: Widely differing views on ways leading to true knowledge of God is at present characteristic of discussions in the sphere of religion. Although Calvin worked in a completely different scene, he has laid down ... -
Reflections on the ecclesiastical interpretations of 6th April 1652 as a South African symbolic date
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2004)English: This article verifies the theological interpretation of the 6th April 1652 as a South African symbolic date, which marked the beginning of the European and Christian contribution to the history of Southern Africa. ... -
New Testament exegesis in theory and practice
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2004)Englsh: Exegesis should incorporate the basic insights of modern linguistics and literary studies, without ignoring the older grammarians and rhetoricians. Divergent interpretations of a text is possible, but authentic ... -
Christianity and Islam — the development of modern science and the genesis of the modern (just) state
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2004)English: This article focuses on the formal similarities between Christianity and the Islam present during the later middle ages — a period in which both legacies subscribed to a relatively totalitarian societal condition ... -
Afrikaanse Bybelvertalings "vir Afrika". Die vertalers en hulle kulturele agenda
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2004)English: The purpose of the article is to indicate the ideological dominance of the Afrikaans target culture in Afrikaans Bible translations. This is measured by the way in which the Ancient Near Eastern and Ancient ... -
"Die skurwe liefde om te besit": teologiese riglyne vir sake-etiek
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2004)English: This article points out the importance of business ethics and the guidelines needed by Christian business people for participating in business activities. For this reason theological guidelines are provided for ... -
A Shona assessment of evolving missionary Christianity in Zimbabwe
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2004)English: Beginning before the wave of African decolonisation of the 1960s but accelerating noticeably thereafter, both Christians and non-Christians across much of the continent created retrospective literary reconstructions ... -
New Testament exegesis in theory and practice: the various stages of the exegetical programme
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2004)English: The various stages in the exegetical programme include preliminary selection of a passage, first close reading, demarcation, textual criticism, determining the real world context, the literary type, the place ... -
A partial preterist understanding of Revelation 12-13 within an intertextual framework
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2004)English: There are two lines of thought in exegetical circles concerning the interpretation of partial preterism, applied to Rev. 12-13: (1) the consistent partial preterism, according to which the whole book of Revelation ...