'n Struktureel-historiese eksegese van Habakuk 1:2-2:4 by SD Snyman

“… In this article Hab 1:2-2:4 is subjected to a structural-historical exegesis. This means that both the text intern aspects (demarcation of the pericope, text critical matters and a structural analysis) and the text extern aspects (Gattung, Sitz im Leben, tradition material and redaction critical matters) are investigated. …”
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Sacred texts and mystic meaning: an inquiry into Christian spirituality and the interpretive use of the Bible by F. England

“… This article endeavours merely to highlight four areas in the increasingly fertile and enriching field of Christian Spirituality which may demand some further scrutiny by scholars: (i) the observation of the ‘open’ and ‘live’ quality of classic sacred texts; (ii) the attention owed to the informing worldviews of both authors and readers; (iii) the specific use of language and modes of exegesis employed in the Christian spiritual quest, and (iv) the issue of the highly personal and narrative nature of Christian spirituality and how it may be monitored. …”
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'n Eksegetiese ondersoek na die teologiese inhoud van Sefanja 1:7-13 by SD Snyman

“…To answer this question an exegesis of this pericope is offered focusing on the text-internal (demarcation of the text, text critical problems and structure) and text-external (Gattung, Sitz im Leben, tradition material, redactional issues) features of the text. …”
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If Jeremiah wrote it, it must be OK: on the attribution of lamentations to Jeremiah in early rabbinic texts by J. Kalman

“…Using Jorge Gracia’s discussion of the “pseudo-historical author,” the influence of the rabbinic assumption of Jeremiah’s authorship of Lamentations on their exegesis of the book is explored. The rabbis were troubled by a number of theologically challenging verses and the claim of authorship opened the door to their use of the book of Jeremiah to explain away these difficulties. …”
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Kwame Nkrumah and the Pan-African Ideal: Debates and Contestations by Garth L le Pere

“…As such, the chapters move us beyond facile reductionism and superficial exegesis and help us to confront serious dilemmas whose various interwoven chapter axes and points of reference draw their inspiration from a reflective temperament and enquiring disposition that is often lacking in current forms and modalities of scholarship on similar subjects and themes. …”
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Kom ons skryf 'n Psalm! by S. D. Snyman

“… This article is a report on an exercise in Psalm writing performed by theological students in a course on the introduction, exegesis and theology of the Psalms. What was interesting and surprising was that, without a thorough knowledge of the literary genres used in the canonical Psalms, the students made use of genres like the individual lament, wisdom and psalms of trust. …”
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Le leadership pédagogique : un levier pour transformer l’organisation du travail au sein des établissements scolaires by Laëtitia Progin Romanato, Monica Gather Thurler

“…In this paper, we describe and analyse the way school principals in two Swiss cantons-Romand attempt to influence the practices and work organization from an existing perception of their leadership activity which they have built up by linking three components: personal exegesis of their role, their analysis of individual and collective skills of their employees (teachers, secretaries, concierge, etc..), and the way they judge the organizational culture of the school they are meant to lead…”
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Sangue de Lua: reflexôes sobre espíritos e eclipses by Carlos Fausto

“…Taking this ethnographic and cinematographic experience as his starting point, the author reflects on the meaning of the eclipse for the Kuikuro, focusing on the explicit cosmological knowledge conveyed by them, on the nature of their adherence to a belief system, and on some mytho-ritual themes that, lacking a native exegesis, can only be understood through a comparative perspective.…”
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Images of person in an Amerindian society. An ethnographic account of Kuna woodcarving by Paolo Fortis

“…By analysing the making of wooden anthropomorphic figures and the Kuna exegesis of it, along with some comparative examples from other Amerindian societies, this article argues for an understanding of the sculptural representation of the human figure as an instantiation of alterity. …”
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Houses, Objects and Architects. Architectural Drawing in Children’s Literature by Alessandro Luigini

“…The historical-critical investigation has its scope of observation the strict contemporaneity and aims to organize taxonomically the works collected and observed, proposing a textual analysis (in a graphic sense) of categories identified through the description and exegesis of some emblematic cases. …”
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The art of failure in translating a Navajo poem by Anthony K. Webster

“…I then engage in a creative transposition, or more precisely a failure, of the poem, and engage in a bit of exegesis and philology about the poem. The goal is to bring a concern with voice into dialogue with a concern with theorizations of translation. …”
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The reception of the Deuteronomic social law in the primitive church of Jerusalem according to the Book of Acts by A. Friedl

“…Since New Testament exegesis has, to a large extent, neglected the role of this book of the Torah in understanding the Primitive Church, this study investigates the reception of Deuteronomy’s social law in Acts 2:42-47, 4:32-35, and 6:1-7, in terms of its theological or ecclesiological importance. …”
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Remarques sur les fonctions érudites et méditatives de l’eschatologie dans le haut Moyen Âge ibérique by Gaelle Bosseman

“…Object of knowledge as much as of belief, eschatology is mainly approached by medieval scholars through the exegesis of prophecies ; the study furthermore endeavors to restore the spiritual and meditative dimension in which the texts on the end of times were read and studied.…”
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Origin and originality of John Calvin's 'Harmony of the Law', the expository project on Exodus-Deuteronomy (1559-1563) by E. A. de Boer

“…Calvin’s approach is highly original in the history of exegesis. The text of the congrégation points to Calvin’s reading of the commentary of the Lutheran Martin Borrhaus and, possibly, of Johannes Brenz’ commentary on Exodus. …”
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"Breaking a Dog’s Neck" as a Metaphor for Oppressing the Weak. An Exegetical-Historical Analysis of the Expression ערף כלב (Isa 66:3) by Andrzej Łukasz Jędrzejczak

“…It is pointed out that the phrase can be understood as a metaphor for people who impinge on the dignity of others. The exegesis of biblical texts, the examples cited from ancient Near Eastern literature, and the analysis of archaeological material indicate that this expression may have a different meaning from that hitherto accepted. …”
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Au rendez-vous allemand (1) by Agnès Bouvier

“…According to Herder, biblical exegesis must performed by shifting the critical angle to develop in the modern reader an esthetic sensibility similar to that of the original reader.…”
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L’éducation de Nietzsche. Réactualisation des considérations sur l’honneur : une des valeurs de l’ethos universitaire by Olivier Marty

“…Nietzsche is a philosopher of education who participates the European lifelong learning policy : based on Homeric contests, he gives a meaning within education to the value of honor – honor that we take as raw material for an exegesis of his youth works. We take Nietzsche as a learner more than an educator and we do with him a genealogy of honor as a moral value – this being an anthropological constant within our civilization. …”
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Song of Songs and the charism of Mother Theresa of Calcutta (Cant 1:5-2:17) by Krzysztof Bardski

“…This approach to the Biblical text has been neglected in modern times due to the use of historical-critical methods in the Biblical exegesis. However, it seems that the intuitions of the Fathers of the Church may still be inspiring, especially for certain spiritual actualizations of the Scripture. …”
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The Modern Semantic Principles Behind Gilson’s Existential Interpretation of Aquinas (part 2) by Elliot T. Polsky

“…It argues that Gilson’s BSP, rather than being a purely historical exegesis of the writings of a thirteenth-century friar, is a work of original philosophizing inspired by Aquinas, but principally engaged with modern debates. …”
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Ascenso y caída de las bestias: evolución de la alegoría animal en la Edad Media by Claudia Inés Raposo

“…Zoological knowledge inherited from classical antiquity was given new meaning and enriched through an exegesis that transformed beasts into examples that illustrated aspects of Christian doctrine or provided models of moral conduct. …”
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