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The first scholarly South African interpretation of Wagner? Ramsden Balmforth's Fabian analysis of the Ring and Parsifal
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
2013 marks both the bicentenary of Richard Wagner’s birth and the centenary of performances
of his Ring cycle in Cape Town, which contemporary critics hailed as a noteworthy advance in
the cultural life of the Mother ...
Righteousness and identity formation in the Sermon on the Mount
(OASIS, 2013)
Righteousness is an important term in the first gospel and has a significant concentration in
the Sermon on the Mount. The argument in this article is that the first gospel has a community
building function. Matthew ...
Patronage and clientelism in the fourth gospel
(OASIS, 2013)
Patronage and clientelism as a social-scientific model is used in this article to read the fourth
gospel. It is the contention of the article that this model affords the reader fresh vistas of
meaning that otherwise would ...
Sakramentele kerkwees herontdek
(Universiteit van Stellenbosch, 2013)
The demise of a participatory world view – characterized in this article as a world view of
transcendence in immanence – has had far reaching consequences for the understanding
of the church, the embodiment par excellence ...
The law and the image of God
(The Old Testament Society of Southern Africa (OTSSA), 2013)
The purpose of this article is to show that the image of God (Godlikeness)
is an important theme in the OT. In the interest of space,
the discussion on the image of God will be limited to the study of
Exodus, Leviticus, ...
The goal of Christian virtue ethics: from ontological foundation and covenant relationship to the Kingdom of God
(OASIS, 2013)
This article examined what constitutes Christian virtue ethics and its goal of highest human
good. Christian virtue is a reality that is ontologically rooted in the grace of God through the
atonement of Christ to envision ...
The relationship between prophetic preaching and performing the gift of prophecy in South Africa
(OASIS, 2013)
The goal of this article is to investigate the relationship between the liturgy of the worship
service, where prophetic preaching is delivered, and the liturgy of life, where the gift of
prophecy must be put into practice. ...
The realities people live by: a critical reflection on the value of Wolfgang Iser's concept of repertoire for reading the story of Susanna in the Septuagint
(OASIS, 2013)
The article investigates the value of Wolfgang Iser’s concept of repertoire for reading the
apocryphal story of Susanna. The viewpoint is that fictional literature such as the Susanna
narrative and reality are not opposites ...
The office of prophets as an emergency measure
(OASIS, 2013)
Initially there was not supposed to be a prophetic office in Israel. ‘Prophetism’ was considered
to be part of work that the priests performed. Thus, the priests were seen to be acting as
prophets. Generally speaking, ...
Was Phinehas a religious terrorist? In dialogue with Paul Cliteur
(Universiteit van Stellenbosch, 2013)
The Dutch philosopher Paul Cliteur wrote a defence of secular thought in his recent book:
“The secular outlook. In defence of moral and political secularism” (Chichester: Wiley-
Blackwell, 2010). In this book he criticizes ...