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“…Old Testament Essays…”
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Prediking uit die Ou Testament by J. Janse van Rensburg

“… Preaching from the Old Testament has many pitfalls. Besides the danger of moralism, allegory and typology, there is the problem of preaching Christ from the Old Testament. …”
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Omri van Israel: 'n Poging tot historiese rekonstruksie by J A Burger

“… Historians usually use the Old Testament as their source of information in writing contemporary works on the history of ancient Israel. …”
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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. Christ and his  apostles provided the key to understand the Old Testament. …”
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'n Empiriese ondersoek na preekvoorstelle oor Ou-Testamentiese tekste in die leesrooster van 2005 by J. Janse van Rensburg

“… After examining the basic principles for preaching from the Old Testament in a previous article, this article endeavours to investigate a sample of the current state of preaching from the Old Testament. …”
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Psalm 51: "Take not your Holy Spirit away from me" by L. P. Maré

“…However, there are many references to jwr in the Old Testament of which 107 refer to God’s activities in nature and in the lives of human beings. …”
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Gatti, N & Ossum-Batsa, G, Bern: Peter Lang. (Das Alte Testament im Dialog vol 5) by S. D. Snyman

“… From text: This book is the result of many years of teaching the Old Testament in Africa especially in the country of Ghana at two Ghanese universities. …”
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Starotestamentowe życie nienarodzonych by Wojciech Węgrzyniak

“…The article aims to analyze the Old Testament’s idea of life before birth. Firstly, I examine some expressions describing sexual intercourse. …”
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Gebed en Ou-Testamentiese teologie by D. F. O'Kennedy

“…This article poses the following question: In which way is prayer discussed in Old Testament theologies? This question is discussed by an investigation into ten prominent Old Testament theologies: Eichrodt; Vriezen; Von Rad; Zimmerli; McKenzie; Westermann; Clements; Childs; Preuss; en Brueggemann. …”
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Mission among the Jews by A. van de Beek

“…When Gentile Christians are called to proclaim the gospel to the Jews, they can do so only on the common ground of the Scriptures: the Old Testament. This requires knowledge of the Old Testament that is compatible with the Jewish knowledge of the Scriptures, which must be living letters of Christ as a result of the fullness of the gospel in their lives. …”
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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

“…The Old Testament should be respected as the revelation before Christ. …”
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Isaiah 3:16–23: Dress, pride, ostentatious items or syncretism? by Paul Nyarko-Mensah, Dirk J. Human

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Christ as once for all sacrifice: a cultrual reading of Hebrews by K. J. Pali

“…This article aims to determine that, from Hebrews, the demise of Old Testament sacrifices brings an end to ancestral sacrifice. …”
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When kingdoms are kingdoms no more: a social-scientific reading of the Mustard Seed by E. van Eck

“…It is argued that the parable is not a parable of growth or contrast, and does not allude to the Old Testament. In taking the specifics of the Lukan version of the parable seriously, it is proposed that the Mustard Seed questions religious respectability as understood by the kingdom of the Temple, and undermines imperial interests of the kingdom of Rome. …”
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INTRODUCTION by L Sutton

“… Devoting one’s life to the study of the Old Testament is to walk on a never-ending path that becomes a lifelong journey. …”
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Zur ökologischen Bildersprache bei den alttestamentlichen Propheten by Andrzej Najda

“…The prophets of the Old Testament in the fulfillment of their task of proclaiming God’s word make use of various literary forms and frequently use pictures from different disciplines of life, in order to be understandable for their listeners, in order to convince them and to make impression on them, they especially willingly make use of pictures taken from the sphere of ecology, making different comparisons and metaphors, these generally concern God, His action towards Israel and the Chosen Nation itself.…”
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Happiness in the Psalms by Gordon McConville

“… The article enquires into the nature of happiness or well-being in the Old Testament Psalms. It considers first the Psalms’ use of ‘happiness’ language, then goes on to seek a broader basis for the enquiry in key concepts such as freedom and justice, making some comparisons with Greek ideas. …”
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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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ISHMAEL, THE QUR’?N, AND THE BIBLE by S.G. deClaissé-Walford

“… As opposed to his younger brother Isaac, Ishmael is a relatively minor character in the patriarchal narratives of the Old Testament. Islam, however, which largely adopts the biblical Pentateuch as a holy book of Islam given by God to Musa (Moses), re-interprets Ishmael’s role in one significant event: the offering demanded by God as demonstration of Abraham’s faith. …”
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The strange case of the patriarchs in Jeremaiah 33:26 by C. Lombaard

“…The unexpected reference to the patriarchs, in this instance, is of particular concern, since it has direct bearing on a new understanding of the patriarchs in history and text that the author has been developing. Why would the Old Testament patriarchs, so rarely referred to outside the Pentateuch, surface in this particular prophetic text? …”
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