Singing Steadfast Love and Faithfulness by Davy Ellison

“…Old Testament Essays…”
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Preliminary Pages by OTE Editor (Hulisani Ramantswana)

“…Old Testament Essays…”
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Omri van Israel: 'n Poging tot historiese rekonstruksie by J A Burger

“… Historians usually use the Old Testament as their source of information in writing contemporary works on the history of ancient Israel. …”
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Psalm 51: "Take not your Holy Spirit away from me" by L. P. Maré

“… Even a cursory reading of the New Testament makes one aware of numerous references to the Holy Spirit. …”
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'n Empiriese ondersoek na preekvoorstelle oor Ou-Testamentiese tekste in die leesrooster van 2005 by J. Janse van Rensburg

“… After examining the basic principles for preaching from the Old Testament in a previous article, this article endeavours to investigate a sample of the current state of preaching from the Old Testament. …”
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A chiastic opus to the Creator of “heaven and earth- earth and heaven” by L. Sutton

“… Two hymns that focus on God (and Christ in the New Testament text) as the creator are Psalm 148 and Colossians 1:15-20. …”
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Hermie C. van Zyl: Nuwe-Testamentikus aan die Universiteit van die Vrystaat by D. F. Tolmie

“…Hermie C. van Zyl, Professor in New Testament Studies at the Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, is presented. …”
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Eunuchs in the Bible by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“… In the original texts of the Bible a “eunuch” is termed saris (Hebrew, Old Testament) or eunouchos (Greek, New Testament). However, both these words could apart from meaning a castrate, also refer to an official or a commander. …”
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Cyril of Alexandria speaks for God in his interpretation of the Holy Bible by E. Artemi

“… Cyril of Alexandria is known more for his defence of Alexandrian Christology than for his accomplishments as an interpreter of the Old and New Testaments. Although the fathers were aware that the Old Testament’s idiom differed from that of the New Testament, they considered the Bible to be one book and that each part thereof complemented the other. …”
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Gebed en Ou-Testamentiese teologie by D. F. O'Kennedy

“…This article poses the following question: In which way is prayer discussed in Old Testament theologies? This question is discussed by an investigation into ten prominent Old Testament theologies: Eichrodt; Vriezen; Von Rad; Zimmerli; McKenzie; Westermann; Clements; Childs; Preuss; en Brueggemann. …”
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Bridging the cultural gap in Bible translation as a case in point by C. Nord

“…Together with my husband, Klaus Berger, who is a New Testament scholar at Heidelberg University, I was engaged in a fascinating project: We translated the texts of the New Testament plus a large number of apocrypha from the original Greek (and Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, and Arabic) into German. …”
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A church with the poor - lessons form scripture and from congregations in informal settlements by P. Verster

“…In the New Testament, the essence of the church is to be the community of love. …”
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Basisteoretiese perspektiewe vir beoordeling van 'n kerklike Psalmboek by J. H. van Rooy, B. J. de Klerk

“…Three of them are related to functional aspects of the song, two with form and communication and one with the expansion of the Old Testament Psalter in the New Testament. These three aspects can be used for the evaluation of a hymn book, as well as individual hymns. …”
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Testamenty urozených žen doby baroka. Několik poznámek k tématu by Kristina Swiderová

“…Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis confronted with prescriptive document ́s point of view, it tries to find out the meaning of testament in noblewomen’s lives. It deals with the formal structure and terms of last wills, such as property settlement, which was usually the main reason for testaments being composed. …”
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Mission among the Jews by A. van de Beek

“…When Gentile Christians are called to proclaim the gospel to the Jews, they can do so only on the common ground of the Scriptures: the Old Testament. This requires knowledge of the Old Testament that is compatible with the Jewish knowledge of the Scriptures, which must be living letters of Christ as a result of the fullness of the gospel in their lives. …”
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Specific features of succession of a share in the right to joint tenancy by O. Ye. Kukhariev

“…An exception to the general rule on the succession of a share in the right to joint tenancy is the construction of the last will and testament of the spouses, which provides for a special mechanism for acquiring the right of ownership to the property by the second spouse, in respect of which such last will and testament is drawn up.…”
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MARCION OF SYNOPE’S RELEVANCE IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD VIS-À-VIS RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE by G Andrade

“…He contrasted that God’s violent deeds with the peaceful nature and character of the New Testament God. …”
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THE BIBLE, OPEN AND DISTANCE EDUCATION AND LEARNING, AND SPIRITUALITY: POSSIBILITIES IN A POST-SECULAR TIME by C. Lombaard

“…Combining the initially often intellectually a-critical religious sentiments of students with the demands of biblical/Old Testament/New Testament studies as science (language skills, exegetical methodologies, critical theories, hermeneutics of understanding and of relevance) is characterised by some difficulties, which lead to various and some extreme reactions among students. …”
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Ben J. de Klerk & Fika J. van Rensburg, Preekgeboorte. 'n Handleiding vir gereformeerde eksegese en prediking. Toegepas op 1 Petrus 2:11-12, 18-25 by Hermie C. van Zyl

“…Die  boek is afgestem op preekmaak uit die Nuwe Testament, maar die stappe kan sekerlik ook op die Ou Testament toegepas word. …”
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Semiotics of alterity and the cultural dimensions of Bible translation by J.A. Naudé, C.L. Miller-Naudé, J.O. Obono

“…Alterity involves the incipient sign system, namely the biblical languages and their cultural contexts ranging from Iron Age Israel within the context of the Ancient Near East for the Old Testament to Roman Palestine in the first century for the New Testament. …”
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