Die waarde van die Ou Testament volgens H.F. Kohlbrugge: die Ou Testament as gesagvolle Woord van God wat Christus verkondig by A. H. Bogaards

“…Kohlbrugge’s presumption in this book is that only the New Testament teaches us the value of the Old Testament. …”
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Psalm 51: "Take not your Holy Spirit away from me" by L. P. Maré

“… Even a cursory reading of the New Testament makes one aware of numerous references to the Holy Spirit. …”
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Voorveronderstellings in die hantering van die verhouding tussen Ou en Nuwe Testament. 'n Beskrywing na aanleiding van Friedrich Baumgärtel by S. J. P. K. Riekert

“…Both the Old and the New Testament convey the powerful word of God. 4. Once the believer is touched by the gospel, he experiences the Old Testament as a witness about Christ. 5. …”
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Jezus, de unieke drager van Gods Geest by G. D. J. Dingemans

“…For all of the authors of the New Testament the divine presence culminated in the experience of the Risen Lord. …”
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Review: The parables of Jesus the Galilean: Stories of a social prophet by Martin Laubscher

“… From text: It has become fashionable in recent scholarship to claim that it is methodologically impossible and hermeneutically undesirable to uncover the meaning of the parables of Jesus outside their literary contexts in the New Testament. Some scholars even go as far as to claim that the interpretation and application of the parables in the Synoptic Gospels are representative of the intent of the historical Jesus. …”
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Tolmie, Francois, Philemon in Perspective: Interpreting a Pauline letter by Christoph Stenschke

“… From text: The present collection of essays had its origin in a conference in August 2008, at the fifth meeting of the International Colloquium on the New Testament at the Faculty of Theology of the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. …”
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Tendencies in the interpretation of Galatians 3:28 since 1990 by D. Francois Tolmie

“…The overview is structured in terms of the following categories: Translation, grammar, origin, Paul’s views expressed in this verse, new interpretative approaches, the verse viewed in terms of other Pauline/Biblical texts/perspectives from the world of the New Testament, the Wirkungsgeschichte of the verse, and the implications of the verse for church and society. …”
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The sixth seal in Revelation 6:12-17 by P. G. R. de Villiers

“… This article illustrates the relevance of a close reading of the text in the ongoing work of New Testament as a discipline by means of Revelation 6:12-17. …”
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The spirit of the body of Christ: the Holy Spirit's indwelling in the church by A. van de Beek

“… Contrary to present-day tendencies in theology, the author argues that the church is the exclusive place of the work of the Holy Spirit, with reference to early church fathers such as Cyprian and Augustine, and to the New Testament. The Spirit is the presence of Christ who indwells his body. …”
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Eunuchs in the Bible by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“… In the original texts of the Bible a “eunuch” is termed saris (Hebrew, Old Testament) or eunouchos (Greek, New Testament). However, both these words could apart from meaning a castrate, also refer to an official or a commander. …”
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Barbara Thiering's interpretation of Jesus' life by JA Naudé

“… The purpose of this paper is to present arguments to disprove Thiering's claim that documents like the New Testament, Dead Sea Scrolls, the writings of Josephus, etc. might reveal the actual historical Jesus. …”
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The Heidelberg Catechism on prayer: relevance of a 16th Century confession for 21st Century households? by E. Mouton

“…It is believed that, through facilitating transformative encounters with the living God, the Catechism holds the potential also to shape (young) people’s imagination and behaviour in present-day (African) contexts, provided that a critical-constructive awareness of the hierarchical origins of New Testament household codes be nurtured alongside it. …”
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Cyril of Alexandria speaks for God in his interpretation of the Holy Bible by E. Artemi

“… Cyril of Alexandria is known more for his defence of Alexandrian Christology than for his accomplishments as an interpreter of the Old and New Testaments. Although the fathers were aware that the Old Testament’s idiom differed from that of the New Testament, they considered the Bible to be one book and that each part thereof complemented the other. …”
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INTERCULTURAL TRANSLATIONS OF CHRISTIAN CANONICAL SCRIPTURES

“… Christian canonical Scriptures may include books from Tanakh, Septuagint and New Testament. Several theories have guided the translation of those books into different languages within the canonical boundaries of Catholic, Orthodox or Protestant churches. …”
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Memory, Jesus, and Mary Magdalene: Whose memory matters? by N.E. Müller van Velden

“…As such, the article attempts to highlight the role of subjectivity and ideology in the acts of remembering in the Christian tradition based on New Testament and Early Christian writings and argues for critical interpretations of both the characterisations in the writings themselves, and the subsequent “lives” of these characterisations in the Christian tradition. …”
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MATTHEAN ATONEMENT RITUALS by M Nel

“…Since access to these rituals is only possible through the text of Matthew, Strecker’s taxonomy of how rites and text are interwoven in the New Testament is used to order the analysis of Matthew. …”
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CHAOSKAMPF IN THE ORTHODOX BAPTISM RITUAL by Constantin Oancea

“…Such statements are direct references to Old and New Testament texts in which water has negative connotations, being associated with hostile or chaotic aspects of existence. …”
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Discernment in 1 Thessalonians by P. Sciberras

“…Paul’s own understanding of discernment is then further investigated in terms of his socio-religious background and other New Testament books. It shows how he links discernment with a concrete situation and how discernment enables the human heart to realise its full potential by purifying it from all obstacles. …”
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A church with the poor - lessons form scripture and from congregations in informal settlements by P. Verster

“…Although there are instances of retribution in the Old Testament, there are clear instances where the community of God experiences the implications of love for one’s neighbour. In the New Testament, the essence of the church is to be the community of love. …”
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A hermeneutic of justice. Justice as discernment in Matthew by Huub Welzen

“… In some important dictionaries for the study of the New Testament, ?????????? has two meanings: justice in the sense of distributive justice and righteousness as a relational notion. …”
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