Feminist new testament scholarship in South Africa
- Authors: Nortjé-Meyer, Lilly
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Feminist theology , Feminism - Religious aspects - Christianity , Bible - New testament - Study and teaching , Bible - New Testament - Feminist criticism
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5629 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/15054
- Description: Feminist biblical scholarship in South Africa that focuses on the New Testament cannot be separated from the larger context of feminist scholarship in South Africa or even Africa. Its emergence and development was tied to the emerging consciousness of women and men who began to question the roles of women in family, society, politics and religion, especially Christianity. This happened during the 1980s, thus lagging behind the North-American and European feminist movements of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Rather later than never! New Testament scholarship in South Africa has contributed to feminist knowledge production. The objective of this article is to provide an understanding of the contributions by feminist and female scholarship in the New Testament Society of Southern Africa by focusing on completed doctoral theses at South African universities and theological seminaries, and feminist research produced by females and males published in Neotestamentica, the official journal of the New Testament Society of Southern Africa. The purpose is to determine the New Testament feminist themes and knowledge that have been produced; to identify obstacles that might have influenced or might influence feminist New Testament scholarship; to determine possible research areas; and to discuss the future of feminist scholarship in the New Testament Society of Southern Africa.
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- Authors: Nortjé-Meyer, Lilly
- Date: 2015
- Subjects: Feminist theology , Feminism - Religious aspects - Christianity , Bible - New testament - Study and teaching , Bible - New Testament - Feminist criticism
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5629 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/15054
- Description: Feminist biblical scholarship in South Africa that focuses on the New Testament cannot be separated from the larger context of feminist scholarship in South Africa or even Africa. Its emergence and development was tied to the emerging consciousness of women and men who began to question the roles of women in family, society, politics and religion, especially Christianity. This happened during the 1980s, thus lagging behind the North-American and European feminist movements of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Rather later than never! New Testament scholarship in South Africa has contributed to feminist knowledge production. The objective of this article is to provide an understanding of the contributions by feminist and female scholarship in the New Testament Society of Southern Africa by focusing on completed doctoral theses at South African universities and theological seminaries, and feminist research produced by females and males published in Neotestamentica, the official journal of the New Testament Society of Southern Africa. The purpose is to determine the New Testament feminist themes and knowledge that have been produced; to identify obstacles that might have influenced or might influence feminist New Testament scholarship; to determine possible research areas; and to discuss the future of feminist scholarship in the New Testament Society of Southern Africa.
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Ancient art, rhetoric and the Lamb of God metaphor in John 1:29 and 36
- Authors: Nortjé-Meyer, Lilly
- Date: 2015-07-03
- Subjects: Metaphor in the Bible , Lamb of God , Bible. N.T. - John 1:29 & 36
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5627 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14860
- Description: Biblical scholars have given diverse explanations for the Lamb of God metaphor in John 6 1:29 and 36. Most scholars are of the opinion that ‘amnos’ refers to the Passover lamb. 7 This explanation is not obvious from the context of the Fourth Gospel. To understand the 8 metaphor lamb or ‘amnos’ of God, one should understand the transferable meaning of the 9 figure or image. In this comparison only the vehicle, namely lamb, is given. What and 10 who the lamb is stay open. It can be anything within the limits of the other story elements 11 that have the same qualities of a lamb. To uncover the communicative dynamics of the 12 metaphor, the exegete must have insight into the meaning and function of the original 13 metaphor. Rhetoric provides a clue for the interpretation of the metaphor, namely that it 14 is a Lamb of God. Within the perikope other rhetorical clues like antithesis and varietas 15 are also provided. These clues are important but do not explain the image of the lamb. In 16 this study these problems will be considered via another medium, namely Hellenistic art 17 and images and their penetration into Judaism and Christianity during the first centuries 18 CE. Hellenistic and biblical images will be used to give an alternative interpretation of 19 the metaphor of the Lamb of God.
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- Authors: Nortjé-Meyer, Lilly
- Date: 2015-07-03
- Subjects: Metaphor in the Bible , Lamb of God , Bible. N.T. - John 1:29 & 36
- Type: Article
- Identifier: uj:5627 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14860
- Description: Biblical scholars have given diverse explanations for the Lamb of God metaphor in John 6 1:29 and 36. Most scholars are of the opinion that ‘amnos’ refers to the Passover lamb. 7 This explanation is not obvious from the context of the Fourth Gospel. To understand the 8 metaphor lamb or ‘amnos’ of God, one should understand the transferable meaning of the 9 figure or image. In this comparison only the vehicle, namely lamb, is given. What and 10 who the lamb is stay open. It can be anything within the limits of the other story elements 11 that have the same qualities of a lamb. To uncover the communicative dynamics of the 12 metaphor, the exegete must have insight into the meaning and function of the original 13 metaphor. Rhetoric provides a clue for the interpretation of the metaphor, namely that it 14 is a Lamb of God. Within the perikope other rhetorical clues like antithesis and varietas 15 are also provided. These clues are important but do not explain the image of the lamb. In 16 this study these problems will be considered via another medium, namely Hellenistic art 17 and images and their penetration into Judaism and Christianity during the first centuries 18 CE. Hellenistic and biblical images will be used to give an alternative interpretation of 19 the metaphor of the Lamb of God.
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A movement seeking to embody support of patriarchal structures and patterns in church and society : Gretha Wiid's Worthy Women movement
- Authors: Nortjé-Meyer, Lilly
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Church and society , Ethics , Ecumenical movement , Worthy Women Movement (South Africa) , Wiid, Gretha
- Language: English
- Type: Book Chapter
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/217708 , uj:21673 , Citation: Nortje-Meyer, L. 2017. A movement seeking to embody support of patriarchal structures and patterns in church and society : Gretha Wiid's Worthy Women movement. In: Ecclesial reform and deform movements in the South African context / editors: Ernst M. Conradie & Miranda Pillay; series editor: Renier Koegelenberg. Stellenbosch : Sun Press. p.86-94.
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- Authors: Nortjé-Meyer, Lilly
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: Church and society , Ethics , Ecumenical movement , Worthy Women Movement (South Africa) , Wiid, Gretha
- Language: English
- Type: Book Chapter
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/217708 , uj:21673 , Citation: Nortje-Meyer, L. 2017. A movement seeking to embody support of patriarchal structures and patterns in church and society : Gretha Wiid's Worthy Women movement. In: Ecclesial reform and deform movements in the South African context / editors: Ernst M. Conradie & Miranda Pillay; series editor: Renier Koegelenberg. Stellenbosch : Sun Press. p.86-94.
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