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Concepts such as orality, media criticism, manuscript culture, oral reading and performance have been introduced to New Testament scholarship since the 1980s, but their impact on and contribution to mainstream research are ...
The story of the fourth judge (Judges 4–5) is full of surprises, just like the
previous stories (Judges 1–3). In the dominant body ideology related to good
order, an Israelite man without any blemish was the epitome of ...
Concepts such as orality, media criticism, manuscript culture, oral reading and performance have been introduced to New Testament scholarship since the 1980s, but their impact on and contribution to mainstream research are ...
Two newspaper articles prompted the writing of this academic article. The first one concerns the theological conference “Gateway to the future from a deconstructed past” held at the University of Pretoria earlier this year. ...
The question to be answered in this paper is why Obadiah ignored any vulnerability on Edom’s side in its depiction as perpetrator. A hermeneutic of vulnerability is based on the ethical moment explored by Levinas’ ...
This paper will explore Manasseh’s vulnerability in both narratives in terms of the current reader’s own vulnerability. The paper will start by looking at the basis for vulnerability in terms of Levinas’ “ethical moment”; ...
Present discussions about the history of Israel pay a great deal of attention to the question of
Israel as an ethnic group with a prominent, distinguishable and unique identity. By means of
empirical facts, this article ...
Judaism' is often adapted by groups who embrace it, then these groups are not accepted by Judaism proper. It is embraced for identity and identification (such as by the Falashas of Ethiopia). This embrace was encouraged ...
Various traditions exist as to when the Lemba came to Africa. A possible early departure from Israel (according to the Lemba) can imply that their religion could contain remnants of a very ancient type of religion, which ...
The oldest, recorded oral tradition ofthe Lemba of southern Africa, individually also known as mušavi (buyer/trader), nyakuwana (the man who finds the things which are bought), or mulungu ('white man' or 'the man from the ...
Le Roux, Magdel(Old Testament Society of South Africa (OTSSA), 2007)
According to the biblical narratives, the Israelites had wonderful expectations of the Promised Land which was to be theirs. The land was visualised as a land of plenty, God's gift to Israel, who would enjoy its fruits and ...
Le Roux, Magdel(Old Testament Society of South Africa (OTSSA), 2006)
The article discusses some of the methodological problems raised by Georges Razafindrakoto's thesis 'Old Testament texts in Malagasy contexts'. Razafindrakoto's use of qualitative research methods as part of an Old Testament ...
This article investigates the 'illness' of King Saul (as narrated in the Old Testament). The 'anti-Saul narrative' states that 'God's spirit had left Saul' and 'an evil one had taken its place' (1 Sm 16:14; also cf. e.g. ...
Le Roux, Magdel(Old Testament Society of South Africa (OTSSA), 2006)
The remembered past is the material with which biblical Israel constructed its identity as a people, a religion, and a culture. It is a mixture of history, collective memory, folklore, and literary brilliance. In Israel's ...
The immensity of Hezekiah's tribute payment to the Assyrian monarch, Sennacherib (2 Ki 18:14) has elicited limited reflection by scholars. Agriculture, generally believed to have formed the basis of the Judaean economy, ...
Le Roux, Magdel(The Old Testament Society of Southern Africa (OTSSA), 2009)
The Lemba in Southern Africa are a specific group with unique traditions regarding Israelite origins. Their oral traditions also contain significant information on the leading role their priestly family played on their ...
Le Roux, Magdel(Institute for Afro-Hellenic studies, 2013)
The expression 'Pillars of Hercules', as well as 'Scylla and Charybdis' were used by some authors to indicate unworldly, mythological places. Did those waterways really exist or were they just part of the imagination of ...
Le Roux, Magdel(SASNES (Southern African Society for Near Eastern Studies), 2007)
From what we know of the historical sources, the Hellenistic period in the ancient Near East (more specifically ancient Israel), can be divided into four uneven phases. The first was the conquest of Palestine by Alexander ...
Le Roux, Magdel(Old Testament Society of South Africa (OTSSA), 2010)
Scholars are divided as to the origins of the settlers in the highlands of Palestine, during Iron Age I. Some (e.g. Rainey) are convinced that they came from the east, while others (e.g. Dever) are of the opinion that they ...
Many early Christian churches incorporated a number of non-biblical, even "pagan" symbols and rituals into their liturgy (e. g. the origin of Christmas). They were contextualized into the church by a brand new Christian ...