Arnauld Charlotte, Véronique Breuil-Martínez y Érick Ponciano Alvarado, La Joyanca (La Libertad, Guatemala): antigua ciudad maya del noroeste del Petén, Centro Francés de Estudios Mexicanos y Centroamericanos (CEMCA), México D.F. / Asociación Tikal, Ciudad de Guatemala / Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica (CIRMA), Antigua Guatemala, 2004, 138 p. + 16 pl. coul. + cédérom, bibl., gloss., index, ill., carte, plan, photos by Arthur A. Demarest

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Gallois Dominique Tilkin, Kusiwa : pintura corporal e arte gráfica wajãpi, Indios Wayapi (ilustrações), Museu do Indio / FUNAI / Centro de trabalho indigenista, Núcleo de história indígena e do indigenismo (NHII-USP), Rio de Janeiro, 2002, 72 p., ill.Franchetto Bruna (ed.), Ikú ügühütu higei = Arte gráfica dos povos karib do alto Xingu, mestres karib do alto Xingu (textos e ilustrações), Museu do Indio / FUNAI, Rio de Janeiro, 2003, 69 p., bibl., ill., cartes by Pierre Déléage

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Reversing the biblical tide: what Kuruman teaches London about mission in a post-colonial era by S. de Gruchy

“… Through a case study focusing on the shift from the London Missionary Society (LMS) to the Council for World Mission (CWM) this essay argues that there is a hermeneutical circle between the Bible and mission. A particular reading of the Bible led the missionaries of the LMS to Africa, and their concern to promote the Bible led to the translation and printing of the Bible in indigenous languages — most famously into Setswana by Robert Moffat at Kuruman. …”
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Unsuspicious reception of Biblical discourse in Africa and its implications for polygamy by B.B. Senokoane

“… The Bible has been conceived and received as a neutral book, as the Word of God, or as containing the Word of God. …”
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Drie geslagte Du Toit-Bybelvertalers by V. E. d'Assonville

“… Bible translation has a long history on the continent of Africa, in particular if one considers the Septuagint. …”
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Preface by Gerrit Kritzinger

“…In order to fulfil its mission of affordable Bibles to all in their own languages, it remains the ongoing task of the Bible Society to be continuously involved in the process of translating into the languages of South Africa. …”
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Die Bybel is steeds in diskussie: 'n dekade later by F. B. Doubell

“…According to Deist, opposing theologians had to realise that the Bible is both a divine and a human book. This is accepted today, but some theologians go further and argue that the Bible is merely another human book. …”
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In the Eyes of the Beholder: Towards Depicting the Dog in the Nineteenth Century by Beryl Gray

“…In this paper I expand my work in The Dog in the Dickensian Imagination to argue that the empathetic depiction of dogs that established itself in literature and painting in the late eighteenth century, and continued to develop, represented less a new departure in cultural perceptions of the dog than a return to those that had subsisted before the appearance in England in 1576 of the mechanically-printed, mass-produced and many times reissued Geneva Bible, the Bible Shakespeare read. As the Victorian biblical scholar H. …”
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Gee die Bybel nog vandag aan ons morele oriëntering oor kwessies soos homoseksualiteit? by E. de Villiers

“…A more satisfactory affirmation is proposed, with the basic moral orientation in the Bible as point of departure. This proposal is then applied in an attempt to answer the question “What moral guidance does the Bible provide regarding the contemporary issue of homosexuality?” …”
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Contours of biblical spirituality as a discipline by Huub Welzen

“…A definition is given: Biblical spirituality is about the divine human relational process in the Bible and about the Bible in the divine human relational process. …”
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The word that moves by H. Welzen

“… This essay investigates the role of the Bible in spirituality by looking at the relationship between academic exegesis and spiritual reading, mysticism and language, Bible reading as an event in the relationship between God and human beings and liturgy as a mystagogical process. …”
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“Ikwekwe yinja1 (a Boy is a Dog)” by Zukile Ngqeza

“…Until recently, biblical scholars did not have much of a deliberate focus on studying children and how they are treated in the Bible. …”
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The retranslation of the sacre text: return or modernization? by G. T. Khukhuni, I. I. Valuitseva

“…The present article deals with the problem of the retranslation of the Bible in Christian tradition. The difference between Roman Catholic Church, Russian Orthodox Church and Protestant Churches is analyzed. …”
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Prologue by Pieter G. R. de Villiers, Lloyd K. Pietersen

“… From text: The contributions in this volume were originally presented as papers at a symposium on the Bible and Spirituality, held at Glenfall House, Cheltenham from 4-6 May 2010 and hosted by the University of Gloucestershire. …”
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L’utilisation des tournures antiques et bibliques dans Salammbô by Walid Ezzine

“…An examination of some examples, drawn mainly from the Metamorphoses or the Bible, should shed some light on Flaubert’s approach to style, especially the punctuation of hypotexts. …”
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Se rencontrer autrement by Stefana Squatrito

“…This article focuses on an extraordinary encounter: that between Giacomo, a Spanish bibliomaniac bookseller, and a book, a Latin Bible with Greek commentaries, the first incunabula of the Bible printed in Spain. …”
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The Thought-Scene: A Literary Convention of Hebrew Narrative by Arthur Keefer

“…There is an unidentified literary convention within narratives of the Hebrew Bible, wherein the narrator portrays the thought process of certain characters. …”
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Faith in the modern Reformed church: Calvin and Barth

“…Behind this difference are divergent views of the Bible and its relationships with theology and praxis. …”
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Die Afrikaans van die Bybelvertaling van 1933 by J. C. Steyn

“… The first translators of the Bible had to start their work before the standardisation of Afrikaans.  …”
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