• Göbekli Tepe – Neolithic Temple or Monolithic slaughterhouse? 

  Boshoff, Carel Willem Hendrik (2023-12)

  Göbekli Tepe is an ancient site in upper Mesopotamia recognised as an artificial mound by K Schmidt in 1994. Circles comprising large monolithic stones, described as T-pillars, were interpreted by Schmidt as ‘monumental’ ...
• Decolonising Tshivenda Bible translations (1936 and 1998): A Tragic tale of Vhavenda, A people whose concept of God was and continues to be ploughed under by the translated bibles 

  Ramantswana, Hulisani (2023-09-22)
• Plague as discourse in John of Ephesus` account of the Justinianic plague (ca. 542-544 CE) 

  De Wet, Chris L (2022-08-18)
• Hope in the midst of crisis : reading Daniel 9 in the 21st century Zimbabwean context 

  Musendekwa, Menard (2023-06)

  Zimbabwe has witnessed a socio-economic and political crisis since the dawn of the 21st century. The Zimbabwean nation that was for several decades under British colonial subordination is once again subjected to a native ...
• Funktionen familiarer Strukturen in der Jakobserzahlung : eine literaturwissenschaftliche Analyse 

  Dorpinghaus, Barbara (2022-02)

  Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Funktion der Familie Jakobs im Buch Genesis, konkret in der Jakobserzählung. Dazu wird narratologisch untersucht, welche Bedeutung den familiären Strukturen in der Erzählung ...
• Historical groupings in second temple Judaism : a comparative analysis on religious, social and political impact of Sadducees, Pharisees, and Essenes 

  Bvumbi, Azwihangwisi Elgin (2021)

  The Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenes are three groups within the history of Second Temple Judaism that carry importance which cannot be ignored. They carry religious, social and political characteristics that are intertwined ...
• Anat's influence or non-influence in the religious milieu of Ancient Israel 

  Du Plessis, Annemarie (2021-12)

  The motivation and purpose of this research revolved around the goddess Anat and the possible influence or effect that she might have had on the religion of the ancient Israelites. This led, to the ancient city of Ugarit, ...
• The natural and cultural elements in the Sumerian Temple Hymns with special reference to the Kesh Temple Hymn 

  Coetser, Wilhelmus Johannes (2022-02)

  The Sumerian Temple Hymns are a genre that hymns temples seen as cosmic houses in ancient Sumer. The concept of a normal house lay behind the thought process that leads to the building of temples. The ancient people of ...
• Trajectories of holy war discourses from Second Temple Jewish to early Christian apocalypticism : the book of Revelation and the Qumran War Scroll - a comparative study 

  Harris, David Chapman (2022-07-07)

  This study is a comparative analysis of the Qumran War Scroll (1QM) with John’s Apocalypse. It is conducted along the lines of discursive comparison, with a focus on the literary and ideological theme of Holy War. The study ...
• The rosette symbol in the Ancient Near East : an iconographic approach 

  Grobler, Estelle Cornelia (2021-09)

  My interests lie in the occurrence of rosettes found in many places and cultures in the ancient Near East. My aim was to research and interpret the various iconographic instances where the rosette symbol is depicted within ...
• A re-reading of the concept of ר דה (Râdâh) in Genesis 1:26-28 in the post-apartheid context : an African liberationist approach 

  Mokwena, Barnard Olefile (2022-01)

  This project considers a liberationist meaning of the concept of ר דה (rādāh) found in the Priestly material of Genesis 1:1-2:4a. The study starts from a presupposition that the South African history of biblical ...
• A study of ramparts in Dan during the Bronze and Iron age 

  Scott, Donald (2021-09)

  The emergence of ramparts in the Early Bronze Age in ancient Palestine has been debated, whether they were built to counter siege warfare or not. Many wars from the Late Bronze Age into the Iron Age are against walled ...
• From bread and circuses to movies and popcorn : filmic representations of Ancient Rome and the legacy of its violent entertainment 

  Steyn, Margaret Clare (2021-10)

  The thesis examines the nature of violence in entertainment in the socio-historical context of the ancient Roman world, from the 1st century BCE to the late 3rd century CE and interrogates the presentation of such entertainment ...
• Prepare the water and add the fat? : a re-interpretation of the Yale culinary tablet YOS 11 25 

  Barker, Melissa (2021-10)

  My research methodology for the topic „Prepare the water and add the fat?‟ A re-interpretation of the Yale culinary tablet YOS 11 25, took on a multi-disciplinary approach, which included gastronomy, archaeology, and ...
• Ancient Egyptian jewellery : the design and manufacture of the pectorals of Tutankhamun 

  Morgan-Le Fay, Jeanne (2018-09)

  This research was inspired by the rich examples of the treasure of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun who reigned during the New Kingdom period of Ancient Egypt. The content of this tomb was found by Howard Carter in ...
• How mapping reflected the worldviews of the ancient Levant and its neighbours 

  Swart, Elanij Chantal (2021-02)

  Maps and worldviews are so intertwined that a study of ancient maps would not be complete without equal focus being on worldviews. The need for maps has been with humanity since antiquity, but not all of these maps have ...
• The personal use of magic as a form of control in the Imperial Roman era, prior to the laws of Constantine 

  Calmeyer, Bonita Lorraine (2020-11)

  The term ‘magic’ conjured up many different feelings for the people of Imperial Rome. For many magic was something to be feared, for others it was a frivolous waste of time; a further group were open-minded to magic’s ...
• The sacrificial shepherd: the effects of crisis on early Christian pastoralism and ecclesiology as seen in Ignatius of Antioch 

  Savage, Ryan Patrick (2020)

  At the beginning of the second century C.E., Christian churches exhibited varied and diverse ecclesiologies. Out of this diversity comes the voice of Ignatius of Antioch, whose seven letters to the churches in Asia Minor ...
• The role of the priests in Israelite identity formation in the exilic/post-exilic period with special reference to Leviticus 19:1-19a 

  Beer, Leilani (2021-07)

  Source-criticism of the Pentateuch suggests that the priests (Source P) alone authored the Holiness Code – the premise being that Source P forms one religious, literate and elite group of several. Through the endeavor ...
• Weapons, warfare and skeleton injuries during the Iron Age in the Ancient Near East 

  Pretorius, Johan (2020-11)

  Due to the nature of war, persons are killed with various types of weapons. Throughout the history of humanity, weapons were used in this regard and these weapons left injuries on the victims that are distinguishable. ...

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