scholarly journals Enkele Ou-Testamentiese perspektievve en die betekenis daarvan vir die bediening van die gemeente

1994 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Helberg
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Ecological Responsibility ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Way

The soteriologic approach of Von Rad as well as the historical-critical approach of the Old Testament is presently regarded by many scholars as inadequate. Furthermore, there are calls for more attention to man's material needs and to man's ecological responsibility, as well as a call for more attention to the unity of the Old Testament. This article explores some basic alignments in the Old Testament and the way in which the theme of the kingdom of God can provide for the need created by these voices. The lines of thought are briefly drawn to the New Testament and to the implicit meaning of these lines of thought for the ministry.

scholarly journals The Iconography of the Sarcophagus in S. Ambrogio. Hope for Salvation through the Word of Christ

1970 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 283-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olaf Steen
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
City Gates ◽  
The City ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Way

The sarcophagus in the church of S. Ambrogio in Milan is dated to about 390. The lid of the sarcophagus shows scenes and symbols connected to the New Testament. On the front and rear sides, we find Christ represented among the Apostles. Figures from the Old Testament are shown on the two short sides. In this way, the narrative scenes are well arranged, and the arrangement differs from other early Christian sarcophagi in which scenes from the Old and New Testament are places together without any apparent connection between the scenes. Rows of city-gates run around all four sides, forming the background for the reliefs. The city-gates invite the beholder to read the images not as isolated scenes, but as parts of a connected whole. In this paper, I will argue that the iconography of the sarcophagus can be interpreted as a complete programme. The programme emphasizes the teaching of Christ and the Apostles’ teaching-mission given by Christ. Taking into consideration the monument’s funerary context, the programme of the sarcophagus focuses on the Word or the teaching of Christ as the way to salvation.

scholarly journals Reading Texts on The Violence of God in The Bible

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Gregorius Tri Wardoyo
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
New Creation ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Way ◽  
Reading Texts

<p><em>Violent texts in the bible</em><em> both in the Old Testament or in the New Testament</em><em>, especially in the Old Testament, arise a problem</em><em> for a potential reader</em><em> on how to read </em><em>and understand their message and the theology of the author of the Book.</em><em> </em><em>For this reason, b</em><em>iblical scholars try to read it and they propose the way to read such texts</em><em>, such as to read them in the historical context of the Book itself, and interpret them as a reflection of the author and their experience</em><em>. This article tries to propose another way to read violent texts, in particularly that involve God as author of violent deeds. The methode of this discussion is exegetical analysis on the texts of the Old Testament</em><em>, especially on those which narrate the violent deeds of God </em><em>. The result of the study is the violent deeds of God aim to recreate the creation; that is why such violent texts might be read in the frame of the new creation.</em></p><p><strong><em>Key words</em></strong><em>: </em>Alkitab, Keluaran, Kekerasan, Allah, Penciptaan (Baru)</p>

scholarly journals Die gebruik van die Ou Testament in die volkslewe

1995 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Helberg ◽  
H. F. Van Rooy
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
The Other ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Contemporary Situation ◽  
The Way

The aim of this study was to determine the use of the Old Testament by members of the Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid-Afrika and the way in which the Old Testament is applied to the contemporary situation. An empirical study was undertaken to determine the approach of members of these churches to the Old Testament. In the first part of the paper issues necessary to evaluate the empirical study are discussed, while the second part presents the results of the empirical study. It is clear from the survey that the Old Testament is not used to the same extent as the New Testament by the ministers and other members of these churches. The views of the ministers on the application of the Old Testament to the situation of the Afrikaners are more nuanced than those of the other members of these churches.

Beyond the Things that are Written? St Paul's Use of Scripture

1981 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morna D. Hooker
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Way

It seemed appropriate that a lecture given to honour a scholar whose concerns have been centred on the Old Testament, by someone whose field is the New Testament, should link together these two topics. I have therefore chosen to consider one aspect of the problem of the way in which the Old Testament is interpreted by New Testament authors: more specifically, the authority ascribed by one of them – St Paul – to the Old Testament in relation to the revelation of God in Christ.

scholarly journals Can we use the New Testament in the way which the New Testament authors use the Old Testament?

2002 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Moyise
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Dead Sea Scrolls ◽  
Dead Sea ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Dead ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Way

Ever since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, scholars have drawn parallels between the way the New Testament authors used the Scriptures and the use of Scripture found in the Qumran writings. This method has raised difficult questions, because some of the exegetical methods, such as allegory, word-splitting and the use of variant texts, are generally regarded as erroneous today. However, other scholars have contended that this comparative approach does not do justice to New Testament exegesis and have argued that the New Testament authors developed a distinctive messianic, ecclesiocentric or trinitarian form of exegesis. This view sheds new light on the old question of whether the Church can use the New Testament in the same way that the New Testament authors use the Old Testament.

scholarly journals De opstanding van Jezus volgens Jozef Ratzinger/Benedictus XVI

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wim J.C. Weren
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
The Body ◽  
Historical Jesus ◽  
Biblical Scholarship ◽  
Current State ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The Way

The resurrection of Jesus according to Jozef Ratzinger/Benedictus XVI. As a follow-up to my earlier article in HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies (‘The Pope’s Jesus book and the Christologies of the gospels’ [2011]), this contribution concerning the Jesus trilogy by Jozef Ratzinger will discuss the idea he presents of Jesus’ resurrection and how his view should be assessed from the perspective of the current state of affairs in biblical scholarship. In addition, this article articulates a number of proposals that can take the discussion a step further. In that context, the following questions are dealt with: What is meant when we speak about the body of the risen Jesus? Are there – except for terms like ‘to raise from the dead’ or ‘to rise up’ – other formulas used in the New Testament to describe the fundamental reversal after Jesus’ death? Can Ratzinger’s biased focus upon the concept of ‘resurrection’ be expanded on the basis of other Old Testament models of thought or faith paradigms that can help us to understand that Jesus, through the agency of God, has come to share in a life that is no longer limited by death? What factors played a role in the origin of the belief in Jesus’ resurrection? This article shows that Ratzinger too strongly emphasises continuity between the historical Jesus and a number of New Testament Christologies and the way in which they were crystallised in later ecclesiastical dogmatic formulations.

Theological Reflections on Pain

1981 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 423-433
Author(s):  
John F. X. Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Roman Catholicism ◽  
Book Of Job ◽  
Christian Religion ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Way

It is commonly believed that the Christian religion is opposed to the use of strong analgesics because suffering is good and prepares the way for us to enter Heaven. It this really true? Is Christianity opposed to the use of Heroin to alleviate the pain of the terminally ill? A careful reading of Scripture indicates that there is a great deal of ambivalence in attempting to answer these questions. The Book of Job in the Old Testament deals in part with the problem of pain. There, as well as in the New Testament, there are readings which seem to suggest that pain should be endured. However, the conclusion of this paper is that the legalization of Heroin is not contrary to religious beliefs and does not violate the tenets of Roman Catholicism.

scholarly journals Preaching and Evangelism

1985 ◽  
Vol 19 (75) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Hart
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
Good News ◽  
Peter 1 ◽  
1 Peter ◽  
Thessalonians 1 ◽  
Ministry Of The Word ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Royal Priesthood ◽  
The Way

In the New Testament any follower of the Way could preach, de­clare good news. Luke reports that Jesus said to someone, “Follow me.” But the man wanted first to bury his father. Then Jesus said, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and pro­claim the kingdom of God” (Luke 9:59, 60). Jesus sent the disciples out on a preaching and healing mission (Matthew 10:5; Mark 6:7) and also the seventy. The Gadarene demoniac is told, “Go home to your friends, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you” (Mark 5:19). The disciples are charged with preaching the Gospel to the whole world (Matthew 16:19; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47, 48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8). Per­secuted believers are scattered “and went around preaching the word” (Acts 8:4; cf. 15:35). In order that the Apostels can devote themselves “to prayer and to the ministry of the word” seven men are chosen to administer the daily distribution of food (Acts 6:1—6). But at least two of these men turn out to be preachers also (Acts 7 and 8:5). The Thessalonian believers “sounded forth” the word of the Lord everywhere (Thessalonians 1:8). All this is summarized in the familiar words of 1 Peter 1:9, “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, that you may de­clare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.”

The universal particularism of panta ta ethne: A biblical case for the continued viability of the people group concept in mission

2021 ◽  
pp. 009182962110021
Author(s):  
David Earl Datema
Keyword(s):  
Partial Response ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
The People ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Group Concept ◽  
Group Thinking ◽  
People Group ◽  
The Way

This article is a partial response to Lee and Park’s 2018 contribution to Missiology, “Beyond people group thinking: A critical reevaluation of unreached people groups,” and focuses on the meaning of panta ta ethne in Matthew 28:19. The author does not agree that Matthew had in mind primarily “Gentiles in distinction from Jews,” although that is indeed a common meaning of the phrase in the New Testament. Interpreting ethne as “Gentiles” obscures the dimension of particularism inherent in the way humanity is described in Scripture (as parts not just a whole). By contrast, the author submits that ethne as “nations” or “people groups” better displays this particularism of all people as they exist in diverse human groupings. The author takes a step back from Matthew 28 and first gives an overview of the way human grouping (particularism) is understood in the Old and New Testaments. He then highlights the way New Testament authors appropriated Old Testament promises related to the “nations,” showing their comprehension and continuation of that Old Testament understanding. The article then deals with the exegetical issues related to Matthew 28:19 and concludes by urging refinement of the people group concept, rather than replacement.

scholarly journals Between Theology and Text Criticism as Interpreted on the Psalms by Hans-Joachim Kraus

2021 ◽  
pp. 37-55
Author(s):  
Ириней Пиковский
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Bible Study ◽  
Scientific Investigation ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Factual Information ◽  
Historical Criticism ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Biblical Sources

Цель настоящего исследования - показать, каким образом немецкий учёный Ганс-Иоахим Краус (1918-2000 гг.) совместил теологический подход к исследованию Писания с историко-критическим. Это делается на примере его экзегезы 109 и 131 псалмов, входящей в известнейший труд Крауса - трёхтомный комментарий на Псалтирь. Для решения поставленной задачи проводится анализ предпосылок научного подхода Крауса, которые связаны с верой Бога, открываемой Ветхим Заветом. Далее демонстрируется методология Крауса по реконструкции исторической и культовой среды, в которой формировались библейские поэмы. Как показывает исследование, Краус активно использует небиблейские источники, проводит текстологический анализ рукописей, показывая какую роль могли играть псалмы в культе почитания Сиона и иерусалимского царя. Краус избегает использование типологии и аллегории и осторожно подходит к вопросу об исполнении ветхозаветных пророчеств в Новом Завете. Как учёный, он доказывает, что Писание содержит фактологическую информацию, которой можно верить. Его строго академический и в то же время по-христиански благоговейный подход к исследованию Библии, на наш взгляд, может служить ответом на вопрос, как может сочетаться вера с научным познанием Библии. One of those German scholars who tried to combine the theological with the historical-critical approach to the Scriptures studies was Hans-Joachim Kraus (1918-2000). Kraus’s most famous work is a three-volume commentary on the Psalter. Using the exegesis of Psalms 109 and 131 as an example, the author of this article shows how Kraus balanced between theology and historical criticism. For this, an analysis of his premises of the faith in the living God is carried out. I try to demonstrate Kraus’s methodology in reconstructing the historical cultic environment in which the biblical poems were formed. As my study shows, Kraus actively uses non-biblical sources, conducts theological analysis of manuscripts, showing what role the psalms could play in the veneration of Zion and Jerusalem king. Kraus avoids the use of typology and allegory and is cautious about fulfilling Old Testament prophecy in the New Testament. As a scientist, he argues that Scripture contains factual information that can be believed. His strictly academic and at the same time Christian-reverent approach to Bible study, in my opinion, can serve as an answer to the question: how can faith be combined with scientific investigation of the Bible.

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