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    • And the Word became prophet 

      De Bruyn, Jacobus (The Old Testament Society of Southern Africa (OTSSA), 2013)
      When scribes and priests in the post-exilic period of Israel’s history started to write down or to compile the word of God, a process was initiated whereby prophecy was no longer transmitted orally, but through texts. ...
    • Constructing a living deity - framing the god of Israel in the stories of Daniel and Bel and the dragon 

      De Bruyn, Joseph Jacobus (SASNES (Southern African Society for Near Eastern Studies), 2015)
      This article is the concluding part in a series of articles on "Bel and the dragon". These articles are an investigation into the Greek editor's/author's use of body, space, narrative and genre in creating a new reality ...
    • Daniel 5, Elohim and Marduk: the final battle 

      De Bruyn, Jacobus (The Old Testament Society of Southern Africa (OTSSA), 2013)
      Daniel 5 forms part of a larger narrative that originates in Dan 1. The larger, more dominant narrative can be described as a deity war or a clash of deities. Utilising spatial markers, the author of Dan 5 shows his readers ...
    • Daniel 6: there and back again - A deity’s tale 

      De Bruyn, Joseph J. (AOSIS, 2015)
      This article states that, with his narrative, the author of Daniel 6 creates the presence of Elohim outside Jerusalem and Israel, within non-Israelite environments. Applying a body-space frameset to the texts of Daniel 6 ...
    • Daniel Dragonslayer - Bel and the dragon, Verses 23-27 (OG/Th) 

      De Bruyn, Joseph J. (AOSIS, 2015)
      In this article, aspects of narrative critique, genre, editorial critique, the body and space are uniquely combined into a body-space framework. This spatial framework is used to examine the second episode of ‘Bel and the ...
    • Dining in the lions’ den - Bel and the dragon, verses 28-42 (Old Greek/Theodotion) 

      De Bruyn, Joseph J. (AOSIS, 2015)
      This article is part of a series of articles written on Bel and the dragon. This series of articles is an investigation into the Greek editor/author’s use of body, space, narrative and genre in creating a new reality ...
    • In Rememberance of God's Messiancic Vessel - 'Body' and 'Space' in Psalm 151 

      De Bruyn, Joseph Jacobus (Institut Fuer Biblische Exegese, 2016)
      Applying cognitive linguistics to the text of Ps 151 is indispensable for our understanding of the song. Studying the author's use of 'spatial' and 'bodily' markers such as 'small', 'brothers', 'hands', 'head', and a few ...
    • Susanna - framing the minds and views of people 

      De Bruyn, Joseph Jacobus (SASNES (Southern African Society for Near Eastern Studies), 2015)
      This article analyses the story of Susanna by combining features of editorial and narrative critique as well as new insights on body and space in the field of linguistics. Furthermore, it is postulated that the Susanna ...