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this issue we include the abstract of an article on Biblical Criticism that was recently
posted on the blog Life in the Universe. We also include some recent news articles.
A critique of Biblical Criticism as a scholarly discipline - Willie Mc Loud
In this critique I look into the scientific nature of Biblical Criticism - to what extent can it be viewed as a scientific discipline and how valid are the claims made by it? I am especially interested in the roots of the discipline in modernist times and the impact that these roots have on the discipline. I look at its presuppositions regarding the nature of reality, the credibility of the literary tradition and the possibility of obtaining an objective perspective on history. How does these impact on the paradigmatic parameters of the discipline? And what is the implications of contemporary developments in hermeneutics for the discipline? (Key words: Biblical Criticism, form criticism, Gadamer, Graf-Wellhausen theory, Gunkel, origins, Sitz im Leben (setting in life), source criticism). To read the article: A critique of Biblical Criticism as a scholarly discipline
A critique of Biblical Criticism as a scholarly discipline - Willie Mc Loud
In this critique I look into the scientific nature of Biblical Criticism - to what extent can it be viewed as a scientific discipline and how valid are the claims made by it? I am especially interested in the roots of the discipline in modernist times and the impact that these roots have on the discipline. I look at its presuppositions regarding the nature of reality, the credibility of the literary tradition and the possibility of obtaining an objective perspective on history. How does these impact on the paradigmatic parameters of the discipline? And what is the implications of contemporary developments in hermeneutics for the discipline? (Key words: Biblical Criticism, form criticism, Gadamer, Graf-Wellhausen theory, Gunkel, origins, Sitz im Leben (setting in life), source criticism). To read the article: A critique of Biblical Criticism as a scholarly discipline
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Abraham en sy God - koop 'n boek!!
Willie Mc Loud se nuwe boek getiteld Op soek na Abraham en sy God - 'n studie oor die historisiteit van die Genesis-verhale
(Griffel, 2012) het onlangs verskyn. Die volledige inhoudsopgawe word
vir die eerste maal hier gepos asook 'n uittreksel van 'n resensie wat
in TEO verskyn het. Die stimulerende lekkerlees trant van die boek maak
dit ideale leesstof vir 'n vakansie. Dit is 'n goeie geskenk vir
familie en vriende wat in die betroubaarheid van die Bybel
belangstel.(Sleutelwoorde: Abraham, Adam, antieke wêreldbeskouing,
argeologie, Bybelse inspirasie, El-Elyon, El-Sjaddai, Enmerkar, Etana,
Genesis, goderaad, Henog, Nimrod, Satan, Sumerië, taleverwarring, toring
van Babel).
Om meer te lees klik op Abraham en sy God - koop 'n boek!!
Om meer te lees klik op Abraham en sy God - koop 'n boek!!
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