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The Quinlan opera company in Cape Town, 1912–1913
(Association of Friends of the National Library of South Africa, 2013)The performance of serious concert music in Cape Town evolved significantly during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but during that period much of it was provided by touring European musicians.1 This ... -
The radicalisation of a Swedish ecclesiastical critic of apartheid-Gunnar Helander
(Scriber Editorial Systems, 2011)From the 1950s through the 1980s, both the government of Sweden and various non-governmental agencies in that country stood at the forefront of the international campaign against apartheid. To a considerable extent, ... -
Raising prophetic voices on public issues: the international baptist heritage
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Ramsden Balmforth on the reformation and the evolution of Christianity: a post-protestant South African perspective
(The Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2017)Theologians and historians of the Protestant Reformation have often interpreted it in terms that are strongly determined by their own concerns. One such writer was Ramsden Balmforth (1862-1942), a prominent Unitarian ... -
Ransomed by God into his household: interpreting the ransom imagery in 1 Peter within the economic context of its author and addressees
(Sabinet, 2013)1 Peter 1:18 states: "You know that you were ransomed... "(NRSV). This article offers an interpretation of the ransom image in 1 Peter within the economic context of the author and addressees, taking into consideration the ... -
Rather Spirit-filled than learned! Pentecostalism's tradition of anti-intellectualism and Pentecostal theological scholarship
(AOSIS, 2016)The beginnings and first half-century of South African Pentecostalism are characterised by a tradition of anti-intellectualism consisting of a rejection of theological training, a critical and negative attitude towards ... -
Re-enactment leading to transformation: a critical assessment of the distinctives of Pentecostal preaching
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2017)The article aims to define what the most distinctive characteristics of Pentecostal preaching are in order to assess these elements critically. Pentecostal preachers argue that their message is concerned with the Bible as ... -
Reading Ezekiel 18 with the ancient versions
(Sabinet, 2013)Ezekiel 18 is one of the most important chapters in the book of Ezekiel. The chapter contains a number of textual problems, but the ancient versions, the Septuagint, Peshitta, Vulgate, and Targum can help the reader to ... -
Reading Ezekiel 18 with the ancient versions
(SASNES, 2013)Ezekiel 18 is one of the most important chapters in the book of Ezekiel. The chapter contains a number of textual problems, but the ancient versions, the Septuagint, Peshitta, Vulgate, and Targum can help the reader to ... -
Reading Judith as therapeutic narrative
(Brill, 2009)This article analysed the different narratives implied in Philemon by utilising the narrative therapeutic approach, as developed by Epston and White (1990). A dominant narrative (the harsh treatment of slaves in the early ... -
Reading narratives in the septuagint: A discourse on Method
(Brill, 2009)Based on the methodological approach of semiotic and constructivist theories, a detailed interpretation of the images and texts of the Amulet 1 from Arslan Tash is proposed. אלה is understood as a key word for the whole ... -
Reading Philemon as therapeutic narrative
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Reading Psalm 78 multidimensionally: the authorial dimension
(Sabinet, 2003)This article is part of an attempt to read Psalm 78 multidimensionally. It is the second in a proposed series of three articles. The articles deal with the dimension of the author, as part of the multi-dimensional reading. ... -
Reading Psalm 78 multidimensionally: the dimension of the reader
(Sabinet, 2005)This article is the third and final one in a series of articles on Psalm 78. The different articles are part of an experiment in a multidimensional reading and each of them deals independently with an aspect of the ... -
Reading Psalm 78 multidimensionally:the textual dimension
(University of Stellenbosch, 2000)This article is part of an attempt to read Psalm 78 multidimensiona/ly. It explains the notion of a multidimensional reading. Such a reading has to deal with the dimensions of the text, the author and the reader and the ... -
Reading Romans 1 on homosexuality in the light of Biblical/Jewish and Greco-Roman perspectives of its time
(De Gruyter, 2017)In seeking common ground with his readers Paul uses same sex relations to depict human depravity. In doing so he uses many of the arguments familiar from ethical discourse in the Greco-Roman world of his time, but employs ... -
Reading Susanna as therapeutic narrative
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Reading the Bible as literature: a key dimension of spiritual formation for the literarily inclined
(Cape Town Baptist Seminary, 2012)Spiritual formation is introduced as an inclusive concept which encompasses various dimensions of the development of personal spirituality. For many Christians, this obviously includes deepening their comprehension of the ... -
Reading the Psalms historically. Antiochene Exegesis and a Historical Reading of Psalm 46
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Orange Free State, 2009)The Antiochene exegetes, most notably Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia read the psalms against the historical background of Israelite history, reconstructing a historical setting for every psalm. This paper ... -
Reading the psalms historically: Antiochene exegesis and a historical reading of Psalm 46
(Fakulteit Teologie, Universiteit van die Vrystaat, 2009)The Antiochene exegetes, most notably Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia read the psalms against the historical background of Israelite history, reconstructing a historical setting for every psalm. This paper ...
