scholarly journals Hearing the transformative potential of metaphor in scripture? Honouring J. Wentzel van Huyssteen

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elna Mouton
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Literary Theory ◽  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Philosophical Hermeneutic ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
Moral World ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
The Church

Christians worldwide are (re)discovering the power of scripture in their daily lives, especially in the context of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. The present turbulent time provides the biblical sciences an opportunity to support other theological disciplines and the church to search for ways scripture can give encouragement to people. The argument in this article is that the power of biblical writings lies in their metaphors which open an alternative moral world. For the appropriation of scripture in new contexts, the transformative potential of J. Wentzel van Huyssteen’s metaphorical hermeneutic is explored as a framework. The article gives a brief overview of the influence of his work as a mentor, colleague and friend.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The article focuses on the dynamic nature and intentions of New Testament Studies (intradisciplinary aspects), and uses the philosophical hermeneutic of a systematic theologian as well as insights from literary theory and cultural anthropology to support the argument and open up interdisciplinary discourse.

The Lord's Supper in Ecumenical Dialogue

1965 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Crow
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Lord's Supper ◽  
Precise Definition ◽  
Ecumenical Dialogue ◽  
Creative Tension ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
The Status ◽  
Unity In Diversity ◽  
The Church

“The prospect of a church union cannot expect an exactly agreed-upon theology of the eucharist. Any effort to unite the church on a precise definition would cause a union on any comprehensive basis to fail. This is one of the places where unity in diversity is essential. Having made this point, however, there is a sense in which an emerging consensus, guided by fruitful New Testament studies, can be discerned on the ecumenical horizon. Far from a systematic interpretation, these issues furnish a significant basis for conversation, and indicate that the status of creative tension may possibly be preserved without division even on such a central matter as the Lord's Supper.”

scholarly journals ‘Einer Frau gestatte ich nicht, dass sie lehre‘ (1 Timotheus 2:12): Exegese – Hermeneutik – Kirche

2019 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph W. Stenschke
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Early Christianity ◽  
Early Christian ◽  
Christian Communities ◽  
Timothy 2 ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
The Church

This article is an exercise in combining the exegesis, hermeneutical issues and application of 1 Timothy 2:12 in ecclesial contexts where this prohibition is still taken seriously as a Pauline injunction or, at least, as part of the canon of the Church. It surveys representative proposals in New Testament studies of dealing with this least compromising assertion regarding the teaching of women in early Christianity. It discusses the hermeneutical issues involved in exegesis and application and how one should relate this prohibition to other New Testament references to women and their role in the early Christian communities. In closing, the article discusses whether and how this assertion can still be relevant in contemporary contexts when and where women have a very different role in society and church.

Kenneth E. Bailey: An Ambassador Serving the Middle East and the West

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-159
Author(s):  
Gary M. Burge
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Cultural Anthropology ◽  
Biblical Exegesis ◽  
The West ◽  
Arab Culture ◽  
The World ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Way

Kenneth E. Bailey (1930–2016) was an internationally acclaimed New Testament scholar who grew up in Egypt and devoted his life to the church of the Middle East. He also was an ambassador of Arab culture to the West, explaining through his many books on the New Testament how the context of the Middle East shapes the world of the New Testament. He wed cultural anthropology to biblical exegesis and shaped the way scholars view the Gospels today.

scholarly journals A G van Aarde as teoloog (1979-)

1992 ◽  
Vol 48 (1/2) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Van Eck
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
The University ◽  
The Church

A G van Aarde as theologian (1979-) This article is an attempt to give a brief overview of the different theological points of departure of Van Aarde’s theological model, which has been lectured in the Department of New Testament Studies (Sec A) at the University of Pretoria since 1984. The ways in which this theological model are advocated are traced through his lectures, and his many scientific publications are also taken into consideration. From his theological model it is clear that, for Van Aarde, there is an indissoluble relationship between epistemology, methodology and teleology. In this connection, attention is given to the different epistemological, theological and hermeneutical presuppositions of his theological model. The conclusion is made that his theological model succeeds in being relevant and committed to reality with reference to the church in today’s mondial culture.

scholarly journals God's Makwerekwere: Re-imagining the church in the context of migration and xenophobia

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David N. Field
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Testament ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Migration Studies ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
Mass Migration ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Early 21St Century

Mass migration and accompanying xenophobia are characteristics of the early 21st century and as such challenge the church to reimagine its identity. This article analyses migration and xenophobia particularly as they impact South Africa and then proposes the model of the church as God�s Makwerekwere as an appropriate response. In doing so, it examines New Testament images of the church and argues that the church as God�s Makwerekwere is a community in solidarity with the excluded, a community of affirmation of the excluded, a community of reconciliation and a transnational community.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article challenges the traditional discourse used in ecclesiology by proposing the image of the church as God�s Makwerekwere. It roots this proposal in considerations from migration studies and New Testament studies. The aim is to re-imagining the church as a contribution to a transforming ecclesial praxis.

Who Wrote the Secret Gospel of Mark?

2020 ◽  
pp. 58-74 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Gospel Of Mark ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
Ancient History ◽  
Church Father ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
The Church

This chapter begins with a brief introduction to New Testament studies. It explains how the four Gospels of the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John have an intertwined textual relationship to each other. It tries to analyze where the writers of Matthew and Luke got the in-common verses if they did not get them from Mark or from one another book. The chapter looks into the Church father Clement's opinion that Mark did not write down all the things that Jesus taught but only those teachings of Jesus that he thought would be helpful for the initiates into the “forbidden sanctuary.” It also mentions Morton Smith, a professor of ancient history at Columbia University, who pointed out that the location in the narrative of Mark coincides with the location of the Lazarus story in John in relation to the itinerary of Jesus's ministry.

The Egyptian Text of the Four Gospels and Acts

1933 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-98
Author(s):  
Henry A. Sanders
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Textual Studies ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Church

During recent years the trend of New Testament textual studies has been toward the identification and establishment of local texts. If these be old, they serve as witnesses to the original text, if late, they are helpful in showing the trends of textual development and add to our knowledge of the history of the Church. We are far removed from the New Testament studies and problems of 1898, when Grenfell and Hunt published the first papyrus fragment of the New Testament, Oxyrhynchus 2 containing Matthew 1, 1–20.

scholarly journals A S Geyser, teologiese dosent 1946-1961

1992 ◽  
Vol 48 (1/2) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Van Aarde
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Practical Theology ◽  
Academic Role ◽  
University Of Pretoria ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
The University ◽  
The Church

A S Geyser, lecturer in theology 1946-1961 In this article the academic role of Professor A S Geyser is briefly discussed. He lectured in New Testament Studies and Practical Theology at the University of Pretoria from 1946. He resigned in 1961, after a period of strife. His publications show a consistence in exegetical approach and theological description. His historical-critical investigation was aimed beyond the New Testament into the pretexts which evidenced the commencement of the universal apostolate at Antioch. Inferred from his exegetical results he propounded the unity of the church as an imperative for today. However, against the background of the South African political history from 1948 to 1961, the political and ecumenical implications of Geyser’s theological convictions were not acceptable to the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk.

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