INTRODUCTION by L Sutton

“… Devoting one’s life to the study of the Old Testament is to walk on a never-ending path that becomes a lifelong journey. …”
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Happiness in the Psalms by Gordon McConville

“… The article enquires into the nature of happiness or well-being in the Old Testament Psalms. It considers first the Psalms’ use of ‘happiness’ language, then goes on to seek a broader basis for the enquiry in key concepts such as freedom and justice, making some comparisons with Greek ideas. …”
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Eunuchs in the Bible by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“… In the original texts of the Bible a “eunuch” is termed saris (Hebrew, Old Testament) or eunouchos (Greek, New Testament). However, both these words could apart from meaning a castrate, also refer to an official or a commander. …”
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ISHMAEL, THE QUR’?N, AND THE BIBLE by S.G. deClaissé-Walford

“… As opposed to his younger brother Isaac, Ishmael is a relatively minor character in the patriarchal narratives of the Old Testament. Islam, however, which largely adopts the biblical Pentateuch as a holy book of Islam given by God to Musa (Moses), re-interprets Ishmael’s role in one significant event: the offering demanded by God as demonstration of Abraham’s faith. …”
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The strange case of the patriarchs in Jeremaiah 33:26 by C. Lombaard

“…The unexpected reference to the patriarchs, in this instance, is of particular concern, since it has direct bearing on a new understanding of the patriarchs in history and text that the author has been developing. Why would the Old Testament patriarchs, so rarely referred to outside the Pentateuch, surface in this particular prophetic text? …”
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Cyril of Alexandria speaks for God in his interpretation of the Holy Bible by E. Artemi

“…Although the fathers were aware that the Old Testament’s idiom differed from that of the New Testament, they considered the Bible to be one book and that each part thereof complemented the other. …”
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Wanneer 'n teks tekste aanhaal. Maleagi 1:6-14 as voorbeeld by S. D. Snyman

“…This investigation reveals that there are mainly three ways in which Pentateuch traditions function in this pericope: The vocabulary or phrases in the text allude to recognisable Pentateuch traditions; interpretations are applied to a new situation and utilised in creative ways (new applications were made applicable to the period in which the prophet lived at the time), and the combination with other known traditions from the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. …”
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A church with the poor - lessons form scripture and from congregations in informal settlements by P. Verster

“…Although there are instances of retribution in the Old Testament, there are clear instances where the community of God experiences the implications of love for one’s neighbour. …”
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Reading the Psalms historically. Antiochene exegesis and a historical reading of Psalm 46 by H. F. van Rooy

“…The Antiochenes reacted against the allegorical interpretation of the Old Testament by the school of Alexandria. They were influenced in their approach by Aristotelian logic, by the Greek-Christian culture of their time and by the method propagated by Aristarch. …”
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A chiastic opus to the Creator of “heaven and earth- earth and heaven” by L. Sutton

“…This article analyses Psalm 148, and then makes a spatial comparison between the Old Testament text of Psalm 148 and the New Testament text of Colossians 1:15-20. …”
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In search of tradition material in Zephaniah 1:7-13 by SD Snyman

“…Apart from the prominent theme, this paper argues for allusions to at least two of the prominent traditions of salvation present in the Old Testament, i.e. the Sinai tradition and the tradition of the conquest of the land. …”
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ANYTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN?! EXPLORING FURTHER AVENUES FOR WRITING ANOTHER COMMENTARY ON CHRONICLES by L C Jonker

“…Having been contracted to produce a commentary for the Old Testament Library series (as follow-up to Japhet’s majestic commentary), I am investigating some new avenues for this endeavour. …”
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The Great Trek as Exodus in J.D. Kestell's and N. Hofmeyr's De Voortrekkers of het dagboek van Izak van der Merwe by F. Hale

“…Often merged with this heroic motif was an identification of the Voortrekkers with the Israelites of the Old Testament. This thematic dualism reached its zenith in De Voortrekkers of Het Dagboek van Izak van der Merwe, whose authors, John Daniel Kestell en Nico Hofmeyr, both of whom were Dutch Reformed ministers, constructed the Great Trek as a post-figurative Exodus. …”
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Basisteoretiese perspektiewe vir beoordeling van 'n kerklike Psalmboek by J. H. van Rooy, B. J. de Klerk

“…Three of them are related to functional aspects of the song, two with form and communication and one with the expansion of the Old Testament Psalter in the New Testament. These three aspects can be used for the evaluation of a hymn book, as well as individual hymns. …”
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A brief overview of Bible translation in South Africa by E. A. Hermanson

“…Since the mid-1960s the Bible Society has facilitated functional-equivalent translations by teams of mother-tongue translators, and is currently completing the Old Testament in Southern Ndebele, the only South African official language without a complete Bible. …”
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Ter wille van 'n stabiele familie: die literêre konteks van Levitikus 18:22 en 20:13 by M. D. Terblanche

“… Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 are the only texts in the Old Testament that explicitly condemn homosexual acts. …”
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MARCION OF SYNOPE’S RELEVANCE IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD VIS-À-VIS RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE by G Andrade

“…Marcion believed that the Old Testament God (Yahweh) was, in fact, the same as the creator or the material world, from which we must escape. …”
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The persuasive function of the blood of Jesus in Matthew 26:28 by M.J. Nel

“…It is argued that the shift towards allusions and echoes when explaining Jesus’ death aligns with Matthew’s strategy that can be described as a kaleidoscopic atonement theory, in which he weaves various Old Testament themes together to construct a comprehensive theory of atonement in Matthew 20:28 and 26:28. …”
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THE BIBLE, OPEN AND DISTANCE EDUCATION AND LEARNING, AND SPIRITUALITY: POSSIBILITIES IN A POST-SECULAR TIME by C. Lombaard

“…Combining the initially often intellectually a-critical religious sentiments of students with the demands of biblical/Old Testament/New Testament studies as science (language skills, exegetical methodologies, critical theories, hermeneutics of understanding and of relevance) is characterised by some difficulties, which lead to various and some extreme reactions among students. …”
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Początkowe stadia życia ludzkiego według św. Pawła by Andrzej Muszala

“…His opinion in this issue is based on two fragments from the Old Testament: Jb 10: 8–10 and Ps 139: 13–16. They represent the one seed theory, saying that a new man is formed only from the man’s seed; the role of the mother comes down to be a container receiving male semen. …”
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