In the Eyes of the Beholder: Towards Depicting the Dog in the Nineteenth Century by Beryl Gray

“…As the Victorian biblical scholar H. B. Tristram pointed out, ‘the dog is mentioned nearly forty times in Scripture, [but] there is scarcely a single instance in which it is not spoken of with more or less of contempt or aversion’. …”
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“TRAUMA IS SUFFERING THAT REMAINS”. THE CONTRIBUTION OF TRAUMA STUDIES TO PROPHETIC STUDIES by A Groenewald

“… Although the study of trauma has been common practice in several fields, biblical scholars have, since only a few years ago, used the concept of trauma as an important tool to interpret biblical texts. …”
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Gee die Bybel nog vandag aan ons morele oriëntering oor kwessies soos homoseksualiteit? by E. de Villiers

“…The next section highlights the emphasis by contemporary biblical scholars on the influence of the context within which the various books of the Bible were written. …”
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Editorial by I.D. Mothoagae

“…For this reason, African biblical scholars, particularly those applying their hermeneutical lenses as theoretical tools, and scholars within the social sciences have argued that the Christian corpus of literature that was translated and composed during “Christianisation”, “colonisation”, and “civilisation”, using the strategies of conversion and assimilation of the “wretched”, are by their very nature colonial products. …”
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Silent no more: sexual violence in conflict as a challenge to the worldwide church by D. Tombs

“…It concludes that if biblical scholars and theologians give more attention to sexual violence within the bible they can offer positive help towards a more constructive response to sexual violence by the churches. …”
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Interpretations of the Tower of Babel narrative in the African context by M. Rathbone

“…The contemporary move among some biblical scholars from the African context that focus on the interaction between scholarly and non-scholarly interpreters of the Bible is an attempt to address the problems associated with rationalism. …”
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“If I forget you Jerusalem” (Ps. 137:4). The Transmission of Sacred Discourse in the Bible and in African Indigenous Sacred Texts by M.K. Mensah

“… African biblical scholars have long advocated a shift in existing exegetical and hermeneutical approaches. …”
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“Ikwekwe yinja1 (a Boy is a Dog)” by Zukile Ngqeza

“…Until recently, biblical scholars did not have much of a deliberate focus on studying children and how they are treated in the Bible. …”
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Fossils and Theories of Evolution in Gustave Flaubert’s Bouvard et Pécuchet by Anthony Zielonka

“…As they discuss the ideas of Buffon, Cuvier, Lamarck, and Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, aswell as of traditionalist Biblical scholars, Bouvard and Pécuchet, unsurprisingly, find their theories to be incompatible, contradictory and ultimately unconvincing. …”
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