Wil de echte Jezus opstaan? : oude dilemma's, nieuwe trends en de relevantie van historisch Jezusonderzoek

Inaugurele rede bij de aanvaarding van het ambt van hoogleraar Nieuwe Testament aan de Protestantse Theologische Universiteit te Groningen op 3 November 201

Compassie in de Evangeliën

Academische rede gehouden op de Dies natalis van de Protestantse Theologische Universiteit op 6 december 2016 te Amsterdam

Gen(de)red power : the power of genre in the debate about women’s roles in the Pastoral Letters and the Acts of Paul

Two texts that contributed to the discussion on gender roles in formative Christianity, 1 Timothy and the Acts of Paul, are investigated. In both cases the emphasis is on the much-disputed role of women. Power plays a role on different levels. On the one hand power relations between the sexes are depicted or directly addressed by the text (‘gendered’ power), while on the other hand the power of persuasion is brought to bear on both male and female readers to legitimize the patriarchal, videlicet the encratitic model of gender. This is done by rhetorical means that are text-specific, but also make use of genre-specific persuasion strategies. This ‘genred power’ is still mostly unchartered territory in exegetical discussions and is therefore the focus of my investigation. Especially important in both genres are intertextual allusions to authoritative texts. Fictive self-references which enable the author (’Paul’) to correct himself are one focus of interest. Narrative strategies (i.e. character and plot development) which also have an intertextual dimension are a second focal point. The take-over of the role of Peter who denies Jesus and repents by Paul in the Acts of Thecla turns out to be of major rhetorical significance.This article was initially presented at the NavNUT Conference ‘Mag in die Nuwe Testament’, 16–19 January 2011 at the University of Stellenbosch.http://www.hts.org.zanf201

Gen(de)red power: Die Macht des Genres im Streit um die Frauenrolle in Pastoralbriefen und Paulusakten

Gen(de)red power: The power of genre in the debate about women’s roles in the Pastoral Letters and the Acts of Paul. Two texts that contributed to the discussion on gender roles in formative Christianity, 1 Timothy and the Acts of Paul, are investigated. In both cases the emphasis is on the much-disputed role of women. Power plays a role on different levels. On the one hand power relations between the sexes are depicted or directly addressed by the text (‘gendered’ power), while on the other hand the power of persuasion is brought to bear on both male and female readers to legitimize the patriarchal, videlicet the encratitic model of gender. This is done by rhetorical means that are text-specific, but also make use of genre-specific persuasion strategies. This ‘genred power’ is still mostly unchartered territory in exegetical discussions and is therefore the focus of my investigation. Especially important in both genres are intertextual allusions to authoritative texts. Fictive self-references which enable the author (’Paul’) to correct himself are one focus of interest. Narrative strategies (i.e. character and plot development) which also have an intertextual dimension are a second focal point. The take-over of the role of Peter who denies Jesus and repents by Paul in the Acts of Thecla turns out to be of major rhetorical significance

Amy-Jill Levine. Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi

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Jesus as Jewish Parable Teller:The Workers in the Vineyard from the Perspective of Early Rabbinic Literature

In dit artikel laten de auteurs zien dat Jezus deel was van een levendige joodse parabel-cultuur, die nog lang zou bloeien in het vroegrabbijnse jodendom. Met behulp van één casus, de parabel van de Werkers in de Wijngaard (Matteüs 20,1-16) wordt getoond dat een vergelijkend onderzoek van joodse en christelijke parabels met dezelfde thematiek vruchtbaar kan zijn voor de uitleg van deze parabels. De vergelijking met enkele rabbijnse tegenhangers (Jeruzalemse Talmoed, traktaat Berachot 2:8; Midrasj Psalmen 26:3) van de Werkers in de Wijngaard laat zien dat het God (de eigenaar van de wijngaard in de parabel) is waarop de focus van de uitleg zou moeten liggen

Mindfully going omni-channel: an economic decision model for evaluating omni-channel strategies

In the digital age, customers want to define on their own how to interact with organizations during their customer journeys. Thus, many organizations struggle to implement an omni-channel strategy (OCS) that meets their customers' channel preferences and can be operated efficiently. Despite this high practical need, research on omni-channel management predominantly takes a descriptive perspective. What is missing is prescriptive knowledge that guides organizations in the valuation and selection of an appropriate OCS. Most existing studies investigate single facets of omni-channel management in detail while neglecting the big picture. They also require customer journeys to follow sequential and organization-defined purchase decision processes. To address this research gap, we propose an economic decision model that considers online and offline channels, the opening and closing of channels, non-sequential customer journeys, and customers' channel preferences. Drawing from the principles of value-based management, the decision model recommends choosing the OCS with the highest contribution to an organization's long-term firm value. We applied and validated the decision model based on real-world data from a German bank