Browsing by Subject "Bible -- Hermeneutics"

African Hermeneutics' ‘outing’ of whiteness

Snyman, Gerrie (Neotestamentica, 2008)

This paper argues that the critique offered by African hermeneutics of what they perceive to be Western hermeneutics, can be interpreted as an interpellation of whiteness. The paper endeavours to explore aspects of this ...

After the missionaries: historical and hermeneutical dimensions of African appropriations of the Bible in Sub-Saharan Africa

West, Gerald (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2012-05)

While the Bible was produced in part in Mediterranean North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa has had a very different engagement with the Bible. This article analyses the reception of the Bible in Sub-Saharan Africa, recognising ...

Agsa, vrou van Otniël

Le Roux, Magdel (SASNES (Southern African Society for Near Eastern Studies), 2015)

Die literêre uitbeelding van die verhale in die boek Rigters weerspieël 'n korporatiewe eenheid van stamme of sibbes waarin individue ook 'n prominente rol speel. Binne die stammeorganisasie kan verwag word dat dié individue ...

The Bible, HIV/AIDS and African-South African women: a bosadi (womanhood) perspective

Masenya, Madipoane (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2005)

The observation that the Christian Bible has historically played an important role, either for good or for evil, in differing African contexts, be it on the continent or in the Diaspora, cannot be disputed. The reality ...

Discrepancies in textual interpretation within pentecostal theology : hermeneutic considerations

Van Wyk, Jan Adam (2002-11)

This thesis is an investigation into the discrepancies that exist in textual interpretations within Pentacostalism, in view of the ongoing search for a viable hermeneutic model unique to Pentecostalism. Since its birth, ...

Empire and a hermeneutics of vulnerability

Snyman, Gerrie (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2011-12)

The author proposes a hermeneutic of vulnerability as part of a programme of an ethics of interpretation whereby readers not only become aware of what the effect of their reading or interpretation will be on others and ...

The legacy of liberation theologies in South Africa, with an emphasis on biblical hermeneutics

West, Gerald (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2010)

This article reflects on the historical and hermeneutical legacy of liberation theologies in South Africa. Beginning with an analysis of the hermeneutical contours of liberation theologies in general, the article then ...

Om nie die baba met die badwater uit te gooi nie : die geboorte en groei van `n kritiese Bybelleser

Van Schalkwyk, Helena Claudina (2003-11)

The hypothesis debated here is that a critical reading process leads to a responsible use of the Bible. The metaphor of birth and growth is used autobiographically in order to illustrate the mastering of a critical reading ...

Oral history interviewing and its value in practical theological hermeneutics : an example from a study on a Pentecostal congregation

Thomas, Andrew J. (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2009)

Prior experience has been recognised as an important element of hermeneutics in both secular and theological studies. A problem for practical theologians who are investigating Pentecostal situations is the quality of the ...

Preek as kunsvorm

Preller, Willem Petrus Lubbe (2001-06)

Die inhoud en vorm van 'n preek is 'n eenheid. Beide aspekte vorm deel van die teologiese teorie van die prediking. In hierdie studie word daar teoreties besin oor 'n bepaalde vorm van prediking. Dit behels 'n ondersoek ...

Theology and the Gospel in a new paradigm

Lehmann, Lando Leonhardt (2014-02)

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