Browsing Research Output by Author "23306750 - Kotzé, Zacharias"

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    • A comparison of the witchcraft is poison metaphor in Soweto and selected Old Testament passages 

      Kotzé, Zacharias (Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies University of South Africa, 2011)
      African Old Testament interpretation has been asserting itself against mainstream Euro-American biblical scholarship. In doing so, various tools have been crafted, mostly in accordance with the goal of addressing the life ...

    • The Evil Eye and Agoraphobia in the Maql?–Series 

      Kotzé, Zack (Unisa Press/SASNES (South African Society for Near Eastern Studies) / Sabinet, 2013)
      The belief that certain people have the ability to harm other people or objects with a mere glance may well predate history. References to this superstition are contained in various Sumerian incantations dating to the Old ...

    • An interpretation of "covering of eyes" in Genesis 20:16 

      Kotzé, Z. (Unisa Press/SASNES (South African Society for Near Eastern Studies) / Sabinet, 2011)
      Near the end of the story of Sarah's adventure in the house of Abimelech in Genesis 20, Abimelech is said to give Abraham a thousand pieces of silver. Addressing Sarah, Abimelech claims that the silver will be a "covering ...

    • Jeremiah's vision of the almond rod (Jer 1:11–12):  an anthropological perspective 

      Kotzé, Z. (Unisa Press/SASNES (South African Society for Near Eastern Studies) / Sabinet, 2012)
      In Jeremiah 1:12, Yahweh explains Jeremiah's vision of an almond rod (מַקֵּל שָׁקֵד) with the obscure observation that he is watching (שָׁקֵד) over his word. There seems to be little logic in this clarification and scholars ...

    • Jung, individuation, and moral relativity in Qohelet 7:16 - 17 

      Kotzé, Zacharias (Springer, 2014)
      Qohelet’s warning in chapter 7:16 ‘not to be too righteous’ has commonly been interpreted by biblical scholars in ways that acquit the author of teaching immorality. This article approaches the text from a psychological ...

    • Old Testament Prophecy as Divination: the Case of Isaiah 14:28–32 

      Kotzé, Zak (Unisa Press/SASNES (South African Society for near Eastern Studies) / Sabinet, 2013)
      Comparative studies of ancient Near Eastern prophecy in recent years have focussed on the distinction between inductive forms of divination, such as extispicy and astrology, which involve the so-called "scholarly" ...