1 Seventy-Five Years Oudtestamentisch Werkgezelschap: The Study of the Old Testament in the Netherlands and Belgium

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Old Testament

scholarly journals Kerk, volk en owerheid in die 1858-grondwet van die Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek

1995 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
W. A. Dreyer
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
South African ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
The South ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The South ◽  
The Church

Church, people and government in the  1858 constitution of the South African Republic During the years 1855 to 1858 the South African Republic in the Transvaal created a new constitution. In this constitution a unique relation-ship between church, people and government was visible. This relationship was influenced by the Calvinist confessions of the sixteenth century, the theology of W ά Brakel and orthodox Calvinism, the federal concepts of the Old Testament and republican ideas of the Netherlands and Cape Patriots. It becomes clear that the history of the church in the Transvaal was directly influenced by the general history of the South African Republic.

scholarly journals Die bydrae en relevansie van die Ou-Testamentiese wetenskapsbeoefening in die Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid-Afrika (1869-1994)

1995 ◽  
Vol 29 (1/2) ◽  
Author(s):  
H. F. Van Rooy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Theological Seminary ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Reformed Churches

Since the inception of the Theological Seminary at Burgersdorp in 1869 the study of the Old Testament was part of the teaching programme in the Seminary. It was also one of the areas in which professors at the seminary, ministers and other members of these churches did postgraduate work and published books and scholarly articles. One of the first ministers of these churches who received a doctorate at the Free University of Amsterdam, was dr. P.C. Snyman, an Old Testament scholar who wrote a thesis on the prophecies of Zephaniah. This article focuses on the teaching of the Old Testament at the Seminary, theses on the Old Testament and related disciplines, and research as reflected in books and articles written by lecturers and students at the Seminar}’. The teaching programme at the Semi­nary of the Reformed Churches in South Africa (GKSA) was initially greatly influenced by developments in this regard in the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands. The theses and research of Old Testa­ment scholarship in the GKSA reflect a conservative, reformed tra­dition in general.

Religion or Culture? Change among the Papuans in the Upper-Digul Area, 1956–1967

Itinerario ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-90
Author(s):  
Gerrit R. de Graaf
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Dutch Reformed ◽  
Dutch Society ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
Reformed Churches ◽  
One Year ◽  
Religious Landscape

In August 1958, Meeuwis Drost (1923-86) was the first missionary for the Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland (Vrijgemaakt), or Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Liberated) to start proselytising among the Papuans of the Upper-Digul area in Netherlands New Guinea. He later recalled how that day: “I simply started with Genesis one. And they listened!” Drost finished teaching the entire Old Testament within one year. To start at the beginning seems logical and is in fact the approach used by most missionaries of the Liberated churches. Transfer of religious and cultural knowledge was seen as an important aspect of their work, especially with an illiterate audience. The Protestant religious landscape in the Netherlands had fragmented heavily during the nineteenth century. Two secessions from the Dutch Reformed Church in 1834 and 1886 led to the formation of the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands in 1892. Its tendency to depose those who refused to adhere to its theological views resulted in the Vrijmaking (Liberation) in 1944. Although the Liberated churches were one of many Protestant branches, they were very secure in their own theological views. Consisting of exclusive political, religious, educational and even recreational organisations they formed a mini-pillar in Dutch society.

Old Testament Imaginaries of the Nation in German, Dutch, and Anglo-American Protestant Political Thought

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophia Johnson ◽  
Mariëtta van der Tol
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
Political Theology ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Natural Order ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Historical Role ◽  
Anglo American

Abstract This issue draws attention to the importance of Old Testament scholarship to conceptions of nationhood in Protestant political thought. Inclusive of biblical studies, history, theology, and political thought, this issue discusses hermeneutical as well as political tensions that are inherent to the reception of the Old Testament within political theology. These tensions primarily concerned the role of covenant, reason and the natural order, spilling into what would be recognized today as supersessionism, antisemitism and in some cases, even racism. Within that, it remains important to distinguish political contexts as the historical role of Protestant traditions and their current significance to right-wing uses of biblical imaginaries of the nation differs between Germany, the Netherlands as well as Anglo-American countries.

scholarly journals 'n Greep uit die Ou-Testamentiese wetenskap in Nederland en Suid-Afrika

1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 395-400
Author(s):  
W.S. Prinsloo
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Old Testament Studies

A perspective on Old Testament studies in the Netherlands and South AfricaThis article contains a summary of the papers delivered during the first congress of Afrikaans-speaking and Dutch-speaking Old Testament scholars held in Leiden from 11 to 12 July 1995. The papers present an overview of tllhat is currently being done in the field of the Old Testament in each of the countries.

The ‘Weakness of Conscience’ in the Reformed Movement in the Netherlands: The Attitude of the Dutch Reformation to the use of Violence Between 1562 and 1574

1983 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 217-229
Author(s):  
Auke Jelsma
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Natural Law ◽  
Just War ◽  
Freedom Of Religion ◽  
Spiritual Support ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right

The most important cause of the French civil war, starting in 1562, was religion. Of course, there were other motives too, especially the resistance of nobles to the centralization of power in Paris, but it was the struggle for freedom of religion which gave this war such a destructive character. The young Calvinist churches provided their warriors with all the mental and spiritual support they needed. In their opinion it was a struggle for the sake of God; it was a just war. As magistratus inferiores the nobles had the right, even the duty, to control and eventually to oppose the higher authority of the king. With arguments borrowed from the old testament and natural law they even defended the right of violent resistance to the government. Theological support came also from Geneva, especially from Theodore Beza. Without the Calvinist reformation there would not have been such a violent civil war, such a revolt, at that moment in the history of France.

scholarly journals Weer eens: Eksegetiese Metodes

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-188
Author(s):  
W. S. Prinsloo
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Old Testament

Once again: Exegetical methods This article is the result of conversations with leading Old Testament scholars in The Netherlands and in Germany. These conversations once again emphasise that there is not one single prevailing exegetical method which is followed in general. Although certain "schools", in which a specific exegetical model dominates, can be identified, enough scope for the practise of other methods is offered. Most exegetes are of the opinion that both synchronic and diachronic aspects can be combined in one exegetical model.

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