The church in the New Testament The article explores the documents of the New Testament in search of the concept church' and finds that, in a nutshell, the answers are as follows: the Spirit-controlled, charismatic togetherness of people 'in Christ' (Paul); cross-bearing followers of Jesus (Mk); the people of God on their way through history (Lk-Ac); the faithful locked in battle with Satanic powers, but with the expectation of occupying the heavenly Jerusalem (Rv); the community with which Christ became solidary, and which is heading for its heavenly place of rest (Reb); the poor but pious community, putting their faith into practice (Ja); the body of Christ in which his universal reign can be experienced (Col); the sphere in which salvation is realized (Eph); disciples following Jesus as God-with us, experiencing the rift between synagogue and church (Mt); friends and confidants of Christ, living at loggerheads with the synagogue (In); the household of God, governed by householders (Pastorals); and the socia-ly ostracized elect of God whose way of life should be a demonstration of their otherness as Christians (1 Pt).
Karl Barth’s hermeneutic legacy prolonged Western Christian tradition, especially influenced by Hegelian philosophy of history. This led to Barth’s “theological exegesis” instead of a historic-critical exegesis. In a preceding article Barth’s understanding of the notion “hermeneutic circle” is discussed against the background of the Enlightenment and its counter-movement in Romanticism. In this article Barth’s attitude to the place and role of historical criticism is explained in light of his dialectic distinction between “scientific” and “practical” interpretation. The article aims to show that Barth, with his dialectics, continues Schleiermacher’s realism. In conclusion, the positivistic traits in the Barth legacy are raised once again, in order to open the door to Jürgen Habermas and other deconstructionist thinkers of the postmodern era in hermeneutics.
Rudolf Bultmann on the resurrection of Jesus. The findings of the Jesus Seminar in the USA regarding the resurrection of Jesus as well as the fairly recent (1994) publication of Gerd Lademann's book on the resurrection of Jesus prompted this investigation into Bultmann's thoughts on the resurrection of Jesus. The reason for investigating Bultmann's thoughts lies in the fact that both the Seminar's and Lademann's findings correspond in one way or another to with what Bultmann already contended more than fifty years ago, although their approaches with regard to the role and significance of historical investigation differ considerably in certain respects. This essay focuses on the following aspects of Bultmann's approach: the resurrection as expression of the significance of the cross; the unhistorical character of the resurrection (i.e. not the resuscitation of Jesus' corpse); the resurrection as eschatological event; the question as to the nature of the appearances of the risen Jesus; Jesus as risen in the kerygma; faith as the only way of experiencing the risen Lord, and, finally, one's own resurrection to a new existence in the Lord.
Some remarks on the nature of the church This article is an endeavour, broadly based on the New Testament, to formulate by means of a number of theses with comments, what may be regarded as the most distinctive characteristics of the church. It represents a selection of traits taken from different New Testament documents, which show a preference for the Pauline understanding of the concept, as well as for the earlier over against later institutionalized versions of ecclesiastical self-understanding as expressed, for example, in the Pastorals.
The interrelationship between biblical theology and dogmatic theology The question posed in this article is whether biblical theology has the task of providing dogmatic theology with material for the latter to ac complish its own task. The answer given is that dogmatic theology should not be performed without first acknowledging the results of bibli cal theology. Although biblical theology is primarily concerned with what the text meant, it can and should also indicate what it means today. In this regard it can provide dogmatic theology with the necessary ma terial, however in many cases perhaps in diverse and not in systematised form. To systematise where possible, is for dogmatic theology to decide.W anneer daar gevra word na die verhouding tussen twee sake soos hierbo genoem , is dit vanselfsprekend dat daar uit die staanspoor m instens redelike eenstem m igheid moet wees oor wat ons onder die aard en die om vang van die onderskeie groothede verstaan. 'n Vergelyking tussen die twee het im m ers geen sin as ons nie weet wat ons met mekaar vergelyk nie. Met ons vraag na bogenoem de verhouding het ons reeds m instens geim pliseer dat hulle van mekaar te onderskei is en dat ons op grond van hierdie feit moet vra of hulle wel nog met mekaar in verband staan, of dalk glad nie. In die besinning hieronder sal nie gepoog word om 'n definisie van dogm atiese teologie te gee nie; wat dit is, sal m eer veronderstel as om skryf word. Daar sal egter wel gevra moet word na wat Bybelse teologie is om van daaruit te oorweeg wat sy verhouding met dogm atiese teologie moet wees. WAT IS BYBELSE TEOLOGIE?W anneer 'n m ens die geskiedenis van Bybelse teologie nagaan en kennis neem van hoe dit in die laaste paar dekades bedryf is, word dit gou duidelik dat die begrip Bybelse teologie nie so vanselfsprekend en eenduidig is as wat dit op die oog af lyk nie. Die vraag wat eerste voor 'n m ens opdoem en ook in die geskiedenis van Bybelse teologie dikwels in die brandpunt was, is of Bybelse teologie slegs 'n beskryw ing is 3 3 9
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