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The mythology of death in the Old Testament
... Later belief placed the country of the dead in the West, the place where Be, the sun-god entered the underworld for the hours of night: in the West lay the celestial fields of Be. At other times the land of the dead was ...
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An analysis of the text of the Fourth Gospel in the writings of Origen
... This first chapter will provide background for an investigation of Origen’s textual affinities—a brief biography, focusing on his writings and approach to scripture, as well as an overview of the manuscripts that will be ...
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Institute of legacy in the testament
... a testament makes this act gain the quali- ties of a generous act, because the testator is fostered by a spirit of generosity, expressed in motives of friendship, need, society and love… Motives which give the act ...
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Temaprediking uit die Nuwe Testament
... New Testament in view of the indisputable diversity in the New ...New Testament, a number of guidelines is drawn comprising in substance the following: the thematic diversity, and in some cases ...
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New Testament Textual Criticism is dead! Long live New Testament Textual Criticism!
... which is pretty close to “the original”. That this is still the way textual criticism is viewed by many scholars and Biblical interpreters, is affirmed by Ellingworth (2000:63): “Students, translators and others whose ...
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Resistance and nonresistance: New Testament perspectives on confronting the powers
... New Testament writers make clear, the disciples of Jesus not only face the same attacks from human antagonists as Jesus himself and John before him have faced; but they also offer the same striking and utterly ...
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The Old Testament and the New Covenant
... Old Testament as expression of God s revelation in connection with Christianity, that he must establish a sound and true relation between the Bible as it is understood by sound scholarship of his own day and the ...
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The Old Testament in Christian spirituality: Perspectives on the undervaluation of the Old Testament in Christian spirituality
... Writers on spirituality habitually insist on the importance of the Bible (e g Holt 1993:28; Kourie 2000:14), to the point that Houlden (1983:48) could formulate: “what else is the Bible if not spirituality?”. Scripture ...
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Identity formation in the New Testament
... New Testament, namely intertextuality, literary (and social identity) approaches, gender studies and postcolonial ...New Testament and the various contributions in the sequence in which they appear in the ...
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The concept of vicarious suffering in the Old Testament
... This can be understood as conveying the message that all things have been ordained, and that defects in our nature as humans cannot be rectified by human knowledge or wisdom (cf. 8:17; Towner 1997:295). In other words, ...
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Diathêkê: Verbond of Testament
... Nuwe Testament langs ...New Testament gee voorkeur aan die gebruik van ...'n testament vereis dat die dood van die erflater, wie se testament dit is, eers moet ...'n testament 'n ...
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Inclusivity in the Old Testament
... and pointed towards numerous narratives within the Hebrew Bible. These different narratives, offer distinct versions of the ‘truth’ about David. The most important truth that will be underlined in this study is the truth ...
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Why Old Testament prophecy is philosophically
... 5. The descendants will leave Egypt in the fourth generation. 6. The Amorites will have filled their iniquity only then. And so YHWH revealed to Abraham both his own future fate and some general details concerning the ...
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Who are the “servants” (Psalm 69:36c 37b)? A contribution to the history of the literature of the Old Testament
... Who are the “servants” (Psalm 69 36c 37b)? A contribution to the history of the literature of the Old Testament Alphonso Groenewald 1 Department of Old Testament Studies University of Pretoria Abstrac[.] ...
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The Presentation of the Spirit in the New Testament
... Since this Kingdom was not finally and definitively revealed in their life time, and yet the Spirit was an already present reality, they understood the gift of th[r] ...
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Onderskeid (בין) in die Ou Testament
... Discernment (ןיב) in the Old Testament. Discernment is one of the concepts that urge each and everyone to think critically and anew. The concept of a never-ending spiral of thinking is very familiar in the circles ...
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Old Testament exegesis: Reflections on methodology
... edition through all the stages of development, compilation and editorial commentary, to its final form. This comprises an explanation of the fusion of transmissions or traditions, the many additions and their influence ...
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A cultural turn in New Testament studies?
... http //www hts org za Open Access HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies ISSN (Online) 2072 8050, (Print) 0259 9422 Page 1 of 7 Original Research Read online Scan this QR code with your smart phon[.] ...
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The First Testament in the Gospel of Matthew 1
... The First Testament in the Gospel of Matthew 1 Abstract Andries van Aarde Department of New Testament Studies (Sec A) University of Pretoria Manhew is to be read as a narration with an ongoing plot an[.] ...
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The Spirit of God in the New Testament: Diverse witnesses
... The Spirit of God in the New Testament Diverse witnesses Andries van Aarde DepartmeDt of New Testament Studies (Sec A) UDil'enity of Pretoria Abstrad The article begins with a discussion of the develo[.] ...
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