A son in heaven, but no father on earth : a note in the margin of a ‘Tale of Two Kings’

The article is meant to offer a comment on the thesis of Andries G. van Aarde about the socalled fatherlessness of Jesus. The author argues for a more critical disposition towards a historical-psychological approach of ancient texts. Jesus’ attitude towards children, which is illustrated in Mark 10:13–16, and the story of Jesus’ birth and of Herod’s reaction to it as told by Matthew, are used as test cases.http://www.hts.org.z

A son in heaven, but no father on earth : a note in the margin of a ‘Tale of Two Kings’

The article is meant to offer a comment on the thesis of Andries G. van Aarde about the socalled fatherlessness of Jesus. The author argues for a more critical disposition towards a historical-psychological approach of ancient texts. Jesus’ attitude towards children, which is illustrated in Mark 10:13–16, and the story of Jesus’ birth and of Herod’s reaction to it as told by Matthew, are used as test cases.http://www.hts.org.z

The unity of Luke-Acts

The article contains a summary of contributions delivered at the 47th Colloquium Biblicum Lovaniense (1998) held at the Catholic University, Leuven on the subject: "The unity of Luke-Acts". The opening address was delivered by J Verheyden (Leuven) on "The Unity of Luke and Acts: What are we up to?". The contributors were: J Kremer (Vienna) - "Die dreifache Wiedergabe des Damaskuserlebnis Pauli in der Apostelgeschichte: Eine Hilfe fur das rechte Verstandnis der lukanischen Osterevangelien"; D Marguerat (Lausanne) - "Jusqu' oil faut-il parler d'une "uniti". Luc-Actes? Continuiti et ruptures dans l'oevre de Luc"; J Delobel (Leuven) - "The text of Luke-Acts: A confrontation of recent theories"; R L Brawley (Chicago) - "Abrahamic covenant traditions and the characterization of God in Luke-Acts"; F W Horn (Mainz.) - "Die Haltung des Lukas zum romischen Staat im Evangelium und in der Apostelgeschichte"; J A Fitzmyer (Washington) - "The role of the Spirit in Luke-Acts"; M Rese (Munster) - "The Jews in Luke-Acts: Some second thoughts"; J Taylor (Jerusalem) - "La fraction du pain en Luc-Actes"; W Radl (Augsburg) - "Die Beziehungen der Vorgeschichte zur Apostelgeschichte, dargestellt an Lk 2:22-39; F Neirynck (Leuven) - "Luke 4:16-30 and the unity of Luke-Acts"j C M Tuckett (Oxford) - "The Christo!ogy of Luke-Acts"; 0 Mainville (Montreal) - "Le Messianisme de Jesus: Le rapport announce/accomplissement entre Lc 1,35 et Ac 2,33"; A Lindemtann (Bethel-Bielefeld) - "Form und Funktion von Reden und Wundererzahlungen im Lukasevangelium und in der Apostelgeschichte", A Denaux - The theme of divine visits and human (in)hospitability in Luke-Acts and its Old Testament and Graeco-Roman antecedents.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=b100134