Identity claims, texts, Rome and Galatians by Jeremy Punt

“… This contribution explores the interplay between Paul’s use of the Scriptures of Israel and the imperial setting in claims about Abraham and the negotiation of identity in the Galatians letter. …”
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Psychometric properties of the Moroccan dialect versions of the Perceived Stress Scale and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale among Moroccan university students by Younes RAMI, Hicham KHABBACHE, Jamal AMRAOUI, Driss AIT ALI, Zakaria ABIDLI, Abdulmohsen MOHAMMED ABDULLAH ALKHULAYFI, Mahmood BAHRAMIZADEH, Hassan LAABOUB, Amelia RIZZO, Bouabid BADAOUI, Şeyhmus AKSOY, Lukasz SZARPAK, Murat YILDIRIM, Francesco CHIRICO

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A rhetorical analysis of Philippians 1:1-11 by A. H. Snyman

“…They are part of Paul’s rhetorical strategy in the letter, constructed from the text itself and aimed at persuading his fellow-Christians to persevere in proclaiming and living the gospel that they received at the founding of the church in Philippi. …”
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Faith – Reason: a Problematic Relationship? Theology as an Extension of Faith in Reason by Marcelo Javier Navarro Muñoz

“… In this article the author reviews the interrelationship between faith and reason in the steps of John Paul II’s Encyclical Letter Fides et ratio. He explores briefly historical circumstances following Etienne Gilson. …”
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A rhetorical analysis of Philippians 1:12-26 by A. H. Snyman

“…This approach is briefly summarised, followed by a systematic analysis of Paul’s basic rhetorical strategy, as well as all the supportive rhetorical techniques in these fifteen verses. …”
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"Abba" revisited: merging the horizons of history and rhetoric through the new rhetoric structure for metaphors by S. Tsang

“…Paul used the metaphor to attack the agitators by excluding them from the spiritual familia of Jesus. …”
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A Text-centred rhetorical analysis of 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16 by H.J. Prinsloo

“…This article illustrates how Paul utilised a second thanksgiving for the believers' actions to benefit his cause and to vilify his opponents. …”
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Współczesna teologia moralna o szacunku dla ludzkiego embrionu w ujęciu Livio Meliny by Tomasz Kraj

“…Her moral teaching addresses the problem continuously; however the most fervent teaching concerning this problem is John Paul II’s encyclical letter Evangelium vitae. This encyclical explains the great value of innocent human life with reference to three fundamental theological statements: that the humans are the only beings created in God’s image and likeness, that they were redeemed by the passion, death, and resurrection of God’s Son, and that they are called to communion with God. …”
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Tendencies in the interpretation of Galatians 3:28 since 1990 by D. Francois Tolmie

“… A recent investigation of research published on the Letter to the Galatians has shown that 3:28 is the individual verse in the letter that receives the most attention from scholars. …”
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The relation between freedom, love, spirit and flesh in Galatians 5:13 by Peter G. Kirchschlaeger

“… In the Letter of Paul to the Galatian churches the concepts “freedom,” “love,” “Spirit” and “flesh” are important: the semantic dimension of the letter and the theology of the letter strongly depend on these key concepts. …”
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Die implikasies van stellings as kategorie van nie-egte vrae in Romeine by P. Verster

“… This article argues that non-authentic questions have certain clear implications when used as rhetorical instruments in Paul’s Letter to the Romans. These questions are abstracted as a category in accordance with Verster (1999). …”
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Teksty modlitw eucharystycznych w świetle najnowszych zasad pisowni słownictwa religijnego by Michał Machura

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Oryginalne ujęcie kwestii wiary w encyklice papieża Franciszka Lumen fidei by Henryk Sławiński

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Preface by Francois Tolmie

“… From text: On 13 and 14 March 2006 twenty-three scholars gathered at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa, for a conference on the rhetorical analysis of the Letter to the Galatians. At that stage thirty years had passed since Hans Dieter Betz published his well-known article “The literary composition and function of Paul’s Letter to the Galatians”. …”
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Faith, hope and love - a missionary perspective on three seminal motifs in 1 Thessalonians 1:3 by P. G. R. de Villiers

“… Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians is often regarded as providing pastoral support to them in a time of anxiety and stress. …”
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A structure of persuasion in Galatians: epistolary and rhetorical appeal in an aural setting by D. Mitternacht

“… The purpose of this paper is to ponder the reception of the Letter to the Galatians in an aural setting. How did the first recipients react, what can we expect that they remembered after having listened to the letter? …”
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The reception of Apphia in the fourth and fifth centuries C.E. by D. F. Tolmie

“…For example, this can be seen in the way in which some of these authors tried to explain why Apphia was mentioned before Archippus in Paul’s letter. …”
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1 Corinthians 1:18-31 from a rhetorical perspective by A. H. Snyman

“…This approach is briefly summarised, followed by a description of the rhetorical status of the letter and a systematic analysis of 1 Corinthians 1:18-31. …”
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Specular Metamorphoses: Harriet Prescott Spofford’s “The Ray of Displacement” by Asunción López-Varela

“…The story indirectly refers to St. Paul’s Letter to the Corinthians where Revelation is shown as a riddle or enigma reflected on a looking glass. …”
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Reconstructing rhetorical strategies from the text of Galatians - syntax-based discourse analysis as a monitoring device by G. J. Swart

“… This paper focuses on areas of overlap between linguistic and rhetorical analyses of Paul’s Letter to the Galatians. The question is raised whether and to what extent conclusions drawn from a text immanent linguistic approach, on the one hand, and those drawn from rhetorical analyses, on the other, are compatible and mutually supportive. …”
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