Old Testament Studies at the University of Pretoria: Glimpses of the past and future
In a short historical overview of the academic and social contributions of the Department of OTS at the UP over the past century (1917-2017), this chapter provides a limited picture of how the department has contributed to academia, church and society. In this year of the Faculty of Theology's...
| Subtitles: | Supplement 2: Theology at the University of Pretoria - 100 years: (1917-2017) Past, present and future |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Univ.
[2017]
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Verbum et ecclesia
Year: 2017, Volume: 38, Issue: 4, Pages: 37-68 |
| IxTheo Classification: | FB Theological education HB Old Testament KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Old Testament Theology (ies)
B ProPsalms B diachronic B Old Testament Studies (OTS) B synchronic B Ethics B ProProph B Decolonizing B Pro Pent B Hermeneutics B Exegesis B Africanization B Qumran Studies |
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| Summary: | In a short historical overview of the academic and social contributions of the Department of OTS at the UP over the past century (1917-2017), this chapter provides a limited picture of how the department has contributed to academia, church and society. In this year of the Faculty of Theology's centenary celebrations, this chapter contemplates selected highlights of the past and intends to discover the avenues of future vistas through current academic strengths, research foci of personnel and the actualisation of the OT in the African context(s).From the inception of the UP in 1908, the Faculty of Humanities has been involved in OT related studies, namely the study of the Hebrew language. OTS has become known over many years through individual scholars' expertise regarding Bible translation and the foci on specific parts of the OT, namely the Pentateuch, Psalms, Prophets or Second Temple literature. World renowned projects started since 1990 to involve several international scholars. These include inter alia Pro Pent, Pro Psalms, Pro Prof and Qumran projects.Because the department is located at a FT in Africa, it has continuously strived to become theologically relevant for local and African contexts. The department continually envisions excellence and relevant |
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| ISSN: | 2074-7705 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Verbum et ecclesia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4102/ve.v38i4.1789 |