Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Subject "Old Testament"
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Essentialist and non-essentialist philosophical perspectives on the question “What is an אלהים ?
(Institute for Afro-Hellenic studies, 2016)In Old Testament scholarship, a number of studies have attempted to answer in their own way the question of what an אלהים (a god in the generic sense) was assumed to be. This discussion is indirectly related to an older ... -
The function of Daniel 1 in a second century BCE historical context.
(North-West University, 2011)In the first chapter, the book of Daniel begins with an introduction of the main characters, and a short story about refraining from defilement by eating foreign food. From a literary perspective that focuses on form and ... -
Rethinking the "Dual Causality Principle" in Old Testament research – A philosophical perspective
(Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies University of South Africa, 2015)Reframing an old idea in philosophical theology, OT scholars have for the last half-century spoken of what has come to be known as the "dual causality principle " (DCP). The latter is supposed to denote a folk-met a-physical ...