Browsing by Subject "Hebrew Bible"
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Aspects of Liminality in the Book of Daniel
(The Old Testament Society of Southern Africa (OTSSA), 2017)Taken at face value, the book of Daniel in the HB seems to occupy a position outside the narrow confines often set in academic (and other) contexts that structure our knowledge, experience and, ultimately, the world we ... -
The Hebrew Bible and metaethics : a philosophical introduction
(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Biblical Studies, 2010)In the discipline of Biblical Ethics (Hebrew Bible) the concern lies with descriptive and normative ethics whereas questions pertaining to metaethics are frequently bracketed. As a result, very little attention has been ... -
Mereological concepts for modelling parthood relations between אלהים and natural phenomena in the Hebrew Bible
(AOSIS, 2016)In the Hebrew Bible, some texts represent what we would call ‘natural’ phenomena as being in some way related to entities classed to be אלהים in some sense of the Hebrew term; that is, God, gods, divine, deity, etc. ... -
Metaphysical perspectives on YHWH as a fictional entity in the Hebrew Bible
(AOSIS, 2017)Within a literary ontology, YHWH in the Hebrew Bible is technically also a fictional entity or object. In Hebrew Bible scholarship, a variety of philosophical issues surrounding fiction have received sustained and in-depth ... -
Possible topics for a comprehensive philosophical approach to Qohelet's metaphysical assumptions
(Institute of Afro-Hellenic Studies University of Johannesburg, 2015)Up to now, philosophical approaches to Qohelet (Ecclesiastes) have tended to focus mostly on how parts of the book relate to some concepts in ethics and epistemology. By contrast, metaphysical assumptions in the text have ... -
Translation technique in the Peshitta to Ezekiel 1–24, incorporating a frame semantic approach
(North-West University, 2013)The aim of this study is to develop a more effective translation technique analysis of the Peshitta to Ezekiel text that would contribute to the textual studies of Ezekiel. In order to help provide such an effective ...