scholarly journals Prof dr FJ van Zyl se Skrifbeskouing

1989 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. A. Geyser
Keyword(s):  
Theological Reflection ◽  
Historical Criticism ◽  
Reformed Tradition ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Modern Methods ◽  
The Way

Prof Dr FJ van Zyl’s view on Scripture In this article an endeavour is made to depict a representive picture of Professor Van Zyl’s many articles about his view on Scripture. As a theologian of the Reformed tradition he was one of a very selected few who articulated a theological reflection about Scripture. Moving from Karl Barth’s viewpoint, he developed his own ideas while also paving the way for historical criticism and other modern methods of research into the understanding of the Bible as such.

scholarly journals Probleme rondom die Bybel in die gereformeerde teologie: besinning vanuit ’n Christelike filosofie

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. Van der Walt
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Reformed Theology ◽  
Philosophical Approach ◽  
Philosophical Perspective ◽  
Reformed Tradition ◽  
The Bible ◽  
God's Word ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Way

Problems with the Bible in reformed theology: reflections from a Christian philosophical perspective The motivation for undertaking this investigation is the present tension in the reformed theology and in the reformed churches in South Africa. In spite of the fact that the reformed tradition confesses the authority of the Bible, theologians and church leaders are at the moment divided on how to view and interpret the Scriptures. They disagree about the message of God’s Word in the case of topical issues, for instance whether women should be allowed in ecclesiastical offices or on what the Bible has to say about homosexuality. The author is of the opinion that these tensions in the same church are caused, not only by different methods of interpreting the Bible but, at a much deeper level, also by the way in which one views the Bible according to different worldviews. In trying to resolve these problems and the resulting conflict of opinion, a Christian philosophical approach will be taken instead of the current theological efforts.

The Christology of Simon Maimela—A Contextual, Systematic Theologian

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Hendrik Fick
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
Theological Reflection ◽  
Systematic Theology ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Ongoing Dialogue ◽  
The Way

Abstract Simon Maimela was one of the first contextual theologians appearing on the scene in the 1970s in South Africa. He obtained a ThD at Harvard University in 1978 and was appointed inter alia as lecturer in the Department of Systematic Theology at Unisa. Like other contextual theologians his writings give evidence of a search for an ongoing dialogue between ‘text’ and ‘context.’ They have a strong Christological character, which corresponds with his conviction that liberation theology should be a keen exponent of a doctrine of atonement. This article is an attempt to investigate and describe the way in which his Christology stands in relation to a number of systematic theological loci. This is done within a broader context of the nature of African and South African Christology. The impact of his theological reflection in South Africa is finally assessed in the light of his view on the Bible.

scholarly journals Refleksi Teologi Pentakosta Di Era Kenormalan Baru Mencermati Sikap Takut Akan Tuhan Dalam Kehidupan Orang Percaya Berdasarkan Mazmur 25: 12-14

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-31
Author(s):  
Kosma Manurung
Keyword(s):  
Theological Reflection ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Pentecostal Theology ◽  
Fear Of God ◽  
The Way

Abstract: The Bible places the fear of God as the main foundation of believers' faith and provides examples of how the heroes of faith in the Bible carry out their daily lives in fear of God. This research explains how pantecostal theological reflection of the fear of God in people's lives is based on Psalm 25: 12-14. This article examines the Bible's view of the fear of God which is landed with real examples in the lives of several servants of God such as Abraham, Joseph, Job, David, Daniel and his three friends. This article also discusses the fear of God based on Psalm 25: 12-15 and Pentecostal theological reflection on the fear of God. Based on the results of the discussion, it was revealed that in the reflection of the Pentecostal theology of fearing God, an attitude that respects God, a choice taken by believers to live in God's blessings, the efforts made by believers to tie themselves to God's promises and finally believers to live in the way of the Lord. Abstrak: Alkitab meletakan takut akan Tuhan sebagai fondasi utama iman orang percaya dan memberikan contoh bagaimana para pahlawan iman di Alkitab menjalankan keseharian hidup mereka dalam takut akan Tuhan. Penelitian ini bermaksud menjelaskan bagaimana refleksi teologi pentakosta terkait sikap takut akan Tuhan dalam kehidupan orang percaya berdasarkan Mazmur 25: 12-14. Artikel ini mengulas tentang pandangan Alkitab tentang takut akan Tuhan yang didaratkan dengan contoh-contoh nyata dalam kehidupan beberapa hamba Tuhan seperti Abraham, Yusuf, Ayub, Daud, Daniel dan ketiga sahabatnya. Artikel ini juga membahas tentang karakteristik takut akan Tuhan berdasarkan Mazmur 25: 12-15 dan refleksi teologi Pentakosta tentang takut akan Tuhan. Berdasarkan hasil pembahasan disimpulkan bahwa dalam refleksi teologi Pentakosta takut akan Tuhan merupakan sikap yang menghormati Tuhan, sebuah pilihan yang diambil oleh orang percaya untuk hidup dalam berkat Tuhan, usaha yang dilakukan oleh orang percaya untuk mengikatkan diri pada janji Tuhan dan akhirnya menempatkan orang percaya untuk hidup dalam jalan-jalan Tuhan.

Recent Literary Approaches to the Mishnah

AJS Review ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Shanks Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Rabbinic Literature ◽  
Biblical Text ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Historical Source ◽  
Historical Criticism ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Surface Irregularities ◽  
The Way

Literary approaches to rabbinic literature entered the field through biblical studies, in which scholars from different quarters and different points of reference were using them to make sense of the biblical text as it has come down to us. The literary approach took umbrage at the way in which the historical source-critical approach dissects the Bible into its constituent sources. The literary approach was an overt attempt to overcome the fractures that historical criticism had introduced into the surface of the biblical text. It proposed instead to read the text—with all of its surface irregularities, gaps, and hiatuses—as coherent and meaningful.

The Quranic Jesus: Prophet and Scapegoat

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-220
Author(s):  
John Ranieri
Keyword(s):  
Major Theme ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Christian Understanding ◽  
The Way

A major theme in René Girard’s work involves the role of the Bible in exposing the scapegoating practices at the basis of culture. The God of the Bible is understood to be a God who takes the side of victims. The God of the Qur’an is also a defender of victims, an idea that recurs throughout the text in the stories of messengers and prophets. In a number of ways, Jesus is unique among the prophets mentioned in the Qur’an. It is argued here that while the Quranic Jesus is distinctly Islamic, and not a Christian derivative, he functions in the Qur’an in a way analogous to the role Jesus plays in the gospels. In its depiction of Jesus, the Qur’an is acutely aware of mimetic rivalry, scapegoating, and the God who comes to the aid of the persecuted. Despite the significant differences between the Christian understanding of Jesus as savior and the way he is understood in the Qur’an, a Girardian interpretation of the Qur’anic Jesus will suggest ways in which Jesus can be a bridge rather than an obstacle in Christian/Muslim dialogue.

Spinoza’s Biblical Criticism

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jetze Touber
Keyword(s):  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Dutch Reformed ◽  
Biblical Criticism ◽  
Major Work ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Divine Election ◽  
Biblical Texts ◽  
The Way

Chapter 1 homes in on Spinoza as a Bible critic. Based on existing historiography, it parses the main relevant historical contexts in which Spinoza came to articulate his analysis of the Bible: the Sephardi community of Amsterdam, freethinking philosophers, and the Reformed Church. It concludes with a detailed examination of the Tractatus theologico-politicus, Spinoza’s major work of biblical criticism. Along the way I highlight themes for which Spinoza appealed to the biblical texts themselves: the textual unity of the Bible, and the biblical concepts of prophecy, divine election, and religious laws. The focus is on the biblical arguments for these propositions, and the philological choices that Spinoza made that enabled him to appeal to those specific biblical texts. This first chapter lays the foundation for the remainder of the book, which examines issues of biblical philology and interpretation discussed among the Dutch Reformed contemporaries of Spinoza.

Biblical Echoes in Meir Wieseltier’s Hebrew Translation of Macbeth

2018 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-96
Author(s):  
Shiran Avni
Keyword(s):  
The Bible ◽  
The Way

Abstract This article examines the way in which Meir Wieseltier’s translation of Macbeth into Hebrew affects the way Shakespeare’s play is perceived by young Israeli readers. I argue that Hebrew, being the language of the Bible and studied by Israeli youth from childhood, creates instant allusions and intertexts, and therefore alters the way the play is perceived in Israel today.

Theological Uses of Psychology: Retrospective and Prospective

Horizons ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
John McDargh
Keyword(s):  
Theological Reflection ◽  
Potential Significance ◽  
Retrospective Survey ◽  
New Phase ◽  
The Way

AbstractThis essay begins with a retrospective survey of theological responses to psychology over the last seventy-five years. These are organized by the way in which they have been shaped by two underlying religious concerns: the necessity to defend against the diminishment of the human as oriented to the transcendent (the “Catholic” position) and the concern to protect the divine against its reduction to the merely human (the “Protestant” position). In the final two sections of the essay I consider how, prospectively, the theological appropriation of psychologymay enter a new phase first with a reformulation of thetask of theological reflection, exemplified by Tracy's model of mutual critical correlation, and secondly by the emergence of neopsychoanalytic theory as a new dialogue partner with theology. The potential significance of the latter is explored by examining its influence on the soteriological projects of Jürgen Moltmann and Sebastian Moore.

scholarly journals Permanente homoseksuele verhoudings van liefde en trou

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-185
Author(s):  
J Potgieter
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Sufficient Evidence ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Homosexual Relationship ◽  
The Way

In this article, the argument is made that homosexual relationships of love and commitment was known by the writers of the Bible. Though definitions like “gay” or “homosexuality” was not known, sexual identity was known. According to the anthropology of the Mediterranean people, somebody’s identity was found in the way he or she lived: “If I have a homosexual relationship, then my identity was homosexual”. This article shows that permanent homosexual relationships of love and commitment were known among the Greek philosophers. People like Plato, Aristotle and Pausanius had permanent homosexual partners. Even Paul knew about permanent homosexual relationships of love and commitment. Sufficient evidence has been found in cities like Rome, Corinth and Ephesus on the existence of such relationships.

scholarly journals Memaknai Ajaran Alkitab Tentang Keadilan Allah Dari Sudut Pandang Teologi Pentakosta

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-109
Author(s):  
Kosma Manurung
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Vital Part ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Pentecostal Theology ◽  
Human Social Life ◽  
The Way

Human social identity requires him to continue to be connected with other humans in a harmonious social relationship. The Bible also places justice as a vital part of human social life. The biblical description reveals that God is a just person and there is never fraud in God. The aim of this research is to interpret the Bible's teachings about God's justice from the perspective of Pentecostal theology. This article contains an explanation of the importance of justice for humans, the Bible's narrative about God's justice, and the way Pentecostals interpret God's justice. The method used in this research is descriptive and literature review. Based on the results of the discussion, it was concluded that in the view of the Pentecostals, God's justice speaks of God's character. The justice of Allah is also interpreted by the Pentecostals as God's Rule that God wants to be obeyed. In addition, God's justice also means the defense of Allah and the demands that God wants every believer to do in social life so that they can be maximized as witnesses of God and become salt and light for the community where God has placed.  Identitas sosial manusia menuntutnya untuk terus terkoneksi dengan manusia lainnya dalam sebuah hubungan sosial yang harmonis. Alkitab pun meletakkan keadilan sebagai bagian vital dalam kehidupan sosial manusia.  Deskripsi Alkitab mengungkapkan bahwa Allah adalah pribadi yang adil dan tidak ada kecurangan dalam diri Allah. Tujuan penelitin ini bermaksud memaknai ajaran Alkitab tentang keadilan Allah dari sudut pandang teologi Pentakosta. Artikel ini berisi tentang penjelasan pentingnya keadilan bagi manusia, narasi Alkiab tentang keadilan Allah, dan cara kaum Pentakosta memaknai keadilan Allah. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini deskriptif dan kajian literatur. Berdasarkan hasil pembahasan ditarik kesimpulan bahwa dalam pandangan kaum Pentkosta keadilan Allah berbicara karakter Allah. Keadilan Allah juga dimaknai kaum Pentaksota sebagai Aturan Allah yang Allah ingin untuk dipatuhi. Selain itu, keadilan Allah juga dimaknai pembelaan Allah dan tuntutan yang Allah ingin setiap orang percaya lakukan dalam kehidupan bermasyarakat agar bisa maksimal sebagai saksi Tuhan dan menjadi garam serta terang bagi komunitas dimana Tuhan tempatkan.

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