Browsing Faculty of Humanities by Author "Gerike, Jacobus W."

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Descriptive currents in philosophy of religion for Hebrew Bible studies

Gerike, Jacobus W. (OASIS, 2011)

This article argued that the utilisation of philosophy of religion in the study of the Hebrew Bible is possible if we look beyond the stereotype of erroneously equating the auxiliary field with natural theology, apologetics ...
Possible objections to a philosophical approach to ancient Israelite religion: a critical refutation

Gerike, Jacobus W. (AOSIS [OpenJournals Publishing/ © 2009. The Authors. Licensee: OpenJournals Publishing. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attrib], 2011)

There exists a certain consensus amongst biblical scholars that involving philosophy in the attempt to understand ancient Israelite religion is hermeneutically fallacious. A philosophical approach to ancient Yahwism is ...