The strophic structure of the eulogy of Ephesians 1:3-14

Since Eduard Norden’s (1913) statement concerning the awkward length and construction of Ephesians 1:3-14, a flood of studies have been devoted to the analysis of this Greek sentence. In this paper I have firstly given an overview of those studies representative of the structure of the eulogy of Ephesians 1:3-14, and secondly presented a new reconstruction of this passage based on principles of form and content

Linguistiese grondslae van moderne teksinterpretasie

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SUNESIOS VAN KURENE, HIMNE 6: VERTALING EN KOMMENTAAR

Following a translation of hymn 6 in Afrikaans, and a few remarks on its structure and nature, an analysis of this christological hymn is provided in the form of a commentary on each of the 7 strophes. Several "perspectives" occur throughout the hymn, namely that of praise (strophes 1 and 3), prayer (2/7), historical reference (4), liturgical context (5), while the hymn concludes with a cosmic perspective (6). Although the hymn lacks a clear philosophical and theological reflection, and is characterised by a soberness absent from hymns 7-8, which constitute with hymn 6 his christological trilogy, Synesius nevertheless shows forth the distinct nature of his poetry as hymn of praise. In the "historical" section of his hymn he uses the amazement of the Magi to contrast human wisdom with divine omniscience, while interpreting the gifts of the Magi allegorically in order to arouse his audience to participate in the praise of Christ, the Son of God and the virgin

Hymni Christiani

In 1985 bet die redakteur van bierdie studie 'n werk gepubliseer onder die titel Cannen Christianum, wat 'n inleiding en Griekse tekste met vertalings bevat het, en suiwer as proefuitgawe gedien het vir 'n Iatere, vollediger werk oor die vroee kerklied. Deur die goedgunstige medewerking van verskillende geleerdes word die latere werk nou onder die titel HYMNI CHRISTIANI gepubliseer, en dit wei in die nuutaangekondigde Supplementum reeks van die Hervormde Teologiese Studies. Die skrywers wil derhalwe hul dank uitspreek dat hierdie studie in die reeks opgeneem kan word, veral omdat die HTS as teologiese tydskrif van hoogstaande gehalte gereken word. Hierdie studie het ten doel om die Ieser 'n blik te gee op 'n verteenwoordigende seleksie van 'n belangrike deel van die vroeg-Christelike letterkunde, te wete die Griekse kerklied van die eerste vyf eeue. Die bimnografiese aktiwiteit van die vroee kerk is van liturgiese, dogmatiese en literere belang: 1. Liturgies - want die kerklied het as vreugdevolle antwoord van die Cbristelike gemeenskap op God se heilsdaad in Jesus Christus van die begin af 'n essensiele plek in die liturgie ingeneem. 2. Dogmaties - omdat hierdie antwoord terselfdertyd die uitdrukking vervat het van die kerk se teologiese en dogmatiese besinning oor hierdie heilsdaad van God in Christus. 3. Literer - want die kerklied het mettertyd ook ontwikkel tot 'n literere vorm van poetiese kwaliteit. Wat die vorm betref bestaan die studie uit: 1. 'n Inleiding oor die ontstaan en ontwikkeling, die wese en die formele bou van die kerklied. 2. Dit word gevolg deur 'n analise van 21 liedere in die volgende vorm: Die Griekse teks (met 'n vertaling in die geval van die na-Nuwe Testamentiese liedere) word gevolg deur 'n kommentaar, waarin aandag gegee word aan die agtergrond, struktuur en interpretasie van elke lied, met klem op die literere en religieuse perspektief van die betrokke lied, terwyl aan die einde van die inleiding en van elke lied 'n geselekteerde bibliografie aangebied word vir verdere studie. Gesien die feit dat tien geleerdes uit verskillende akademiese instellings aan hierdie studie meegewerk het, is dit slegs natuurlik dat daar verskil in styl sal bestaan te midde van die formele ooreenkoms soos hierbo uitgestippel. Dit is ewe eens vanselfsprekend dat elke skrywer instaan vir die menings uitgespreek in sy afsonderlike studie. Daar word nietemin die hoop uitgespreek dat hierdie werk die belangstelling sal aanwakker in 'n tekssoort waarin die aanbidding van die vroee kerk, sy dogmatiese besinning en sy literere kunssinnigheid 'n harmonieuse eenheid gevind het. En alhoewel die studie primer ingestel is op die kenner van Hellenistiese Grieks, sal die vertalings asook veel van die kommentaargedeeltes wel ook die Ieser wat Grieks nie magtig is nie, tot hulp wees.hb201

Proefskrif-bespreking

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Destined for the downfall and rise of many in Israel : Luke 2:34b in patristic (and modern) exegesis

A close reading of both patristic and modem exegetes points towards the existence of two main schools of thought, and the aim of this short paper is to introduce the main proponents of each school, stating both the basic notion of each and the biblical evidence serving as the basis for their subsequent argumentation. The paper concludes with some suggestions for further discussion.Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDFhttp://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1001341nf201

The meaning and function of 1 Peter 2:21b-25

First Peter addresses the Christians in the five Roman provinces in Asia Minor, and can in general terms be described as a letter of consolation and encouragement. Although they are suffering discrimination and injustice as a consequence of their faith in Christ, they should remember that they are in this world, but not from this world; that God has given them a new life through the resurrection of Christ; that they were born into a living hope of an inheritance that nothing can destroy or spoil. Within this broader picture of First Peter, the hymn in 2.21b-25 functions on two levels: firstly it exhorts the Christian house servants to obey their owners, although they are suffering without cause; as motivation the hymnal fragment deals with the suffering of Christ. He was without sin, yet He took their sins upon Him when He died at the cross, without retribution, thus leaving them an example to follow; secondly, it is pointed out that the author had with this hymn also the broader Christian community in mind (= servant paradigm), since they are all 'servants and slaves of God'. Apart from its function within First Peter as a whole, the paper also deals with the possible origin, demarcation, strophic structure and contents of the hymn