Browsing by Author "Jordaan, Pierre J."

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    • Body, space and narrative in 2Macc 1:1-10a 

      Jordaan, Pierre J. (Institut Fuer Biblische Exegese, 2016)
      This article examined the commentaries on 2 Maccabees over the past forty years, focusing on 2Macc 1:1-10a. The following transpired. Commentaries had a difference of opinion on how the narrative should be interpreted. ...

    • A clash of hands and tongues - 2 Maccabees 14 and 15 in the framework of cognitive linguistics 

      Jordaan, Pierre J. (Unisa Press, 2013)
      Applying cognitive linguistics to the text of 2 Maccabees 14 and 15 is a useful tool for our understanding of these narratives. Studying the author of 2 Maccabees 14 and 15’s use of the cognitive concepts ‘hands,’ ‘right ...

    • The question of tense in the ancient Greek Aorist Indicative 

      De Wet, Friedrich Wilhelm (North-West University (South-Africa), 2021)
      This dissertation investigates the Aorist Indicative as a past tense. In the majority of cases when the Aorist Indicative is used, it refers to some past perfective action. However, there are exceptions in which it seems ...

    • Ritual, rage and revenge in 2 Maccabees 6 and 7 

      Jordaan, Pierre J. (AOSIS, 2012)
      The martyrs in 2 Maccabees 6 and 7 have been explored in various ways. In their commentaries on 2 Maccabees, Jan Willem van Henten and Daniel Schwartz proposed that the deaths of the martyrs should be seen as human sacrifices ...

    • Suffering bodies in 2 Maccabees 3 

      Jordaan, Pierre J. (AOSIS, 2016)
      This article aims to analyse the role that bodies play in different narratives implied in 2 Maccabees 3. In order to do this, a possible dominant narrative was constructed in which the motif of suffering bodies is shown. ...