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A contextualised reading of Matthew 6:22-23: 'Your eye is the lamp of your body'
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
For the modern reader the logion ‘The eye is the lamp of the body’ is puzzling. While most scholars
concur that it has something to do with greed and envy, they often fail to explain this correlation
between inner attitudes ...
Communalism and hospitality in African urban congregations: pastoral care challenges and possible responses
(University of South Africa, 2009)
This article investigates the problem behind the protracted crisis of how hospitality ought to be understood and practised in the urbanised and pluralistic congregations of Zambian Society ("the problem of hospitality"). ...
Die metafoor 'Saam met Christus gekruisig' in sosio-historiese verband
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
Teaching an old dog new tricks: Herodotus confirms Xerxes' anger in The Persian wars, and the Book of Esther provides insights on anger management
(Gereformeerde Teologiese Vereniging, 2009)
The Book of Esther describes Xerxes, king of Persia and Media, as an angry man. It highlights the king’s ups (Esther, 1:12; 7:7) and downs (Esther, 2:1; 7:10). Surprisingly, Herodotus in “The Persian wars” likewise emphasises ...
Reason's dead end in David Faure: Why the Cape's earliest liberal minister embraced spiritualism
(Gereformeerde Teologiese Vereniging, 2009)
This article deals with nineteenth century liberal thought in South-Africa and the Netherlands. It argues that both orthodox rationalism and liberal reason failed to provide a satisfactory source and standard for theological ...
Reading Judith as therapeutic narrative
(Brill, 2009)
This article analysed the different narratives implied in Philemon by utilising the narrative therapeutic approach, as developed by Epston and White (1990). A dominant narrative (the harsh treatment of slaves in the early ...
Matthew's portrait of Jesus
(OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
Studies in Matthean Christology often tend to focus merely on the titles given to Jesus in this Gospel. These titles are considered as key words to convey the early Christians' confession of Jesus. Such an approach holds ...
Esther's prayer in additions to Esther: Addition C to LXX Esther - an embodied cognition approach : Septuagint research article
(Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2009)
Performing Susanna: Speech acts and other performative elements in Susanna
(Brill, Hotei Publisher, 2009)