Homoseksualiteit en tydgerigtheid: ’n etiek van Bybellees?

Abstract

Homosexuality and time-orientedness: an ethic of reading the Bible? The article deals with the discourse on homosexuality within the Reformed Churches in South Africa. At stake is the exegete’s subjectivity, or presupposed arbitrariness in the hermeneutical process. The author takes issue with the view that the Biblical text on homosexuality is a matter of principle and not a cultural prescription bounded by time. The author suggests that the current thinking on homosexuality is infused by a modern concept of heterosexuality and that the use of some Biblical texts that clearly prohibit sex between members of similar gender is problematic, because very little of the social structure that once supported these laws has been honoured since the late 20th century. Adding to the problem of the use of the Bible is intersexuality, which makes any clear principled distinction between two sexes difficult. The author concludes that the Bible readers’ subjectivity (socio-political location) must be recog- nised and put on the table in order to indicate its role in the reading process.

Probleme rondom die Bybel in die gereformeerde teologie: besinning vanuit ’n Christelike filosofie

“…'n Tweede voorbeeld waarin die probleme duidelik na vore tree, is die diskussie tussen Snyman (2006) en Janse van Rensburg (2006) in In die Skriflig, lyfblad van die Gereformeerde Teologiese Vereniging.…”

Die tydgerigtheid van die Bybel en die etiek van Bybellees: respons op die artikel van Gerrie Snyman

“…Ek verwelkom hierdie geleentheid tot 'n "in-huis" Gereformeerde akademiese diskussie met Gerrie Snyman wat, soos ek, 'n Gereformeerde teoloog is. Snyman (2006) plaas in sy artikel inderdaad een van die knellendste hermeneutiese probleme van ons tyd op die tafel. Die vraag hoe die tyds-en kulturele gerigtheid van die Bybel hanteer moet word, en watter invloed dit op die gesag van bepaalde Skrifgedeeltes het, speel die afgelope dekades al 'n ingrypende rol in die hantering van verskillende vraagstukke waarvoor gelowiges hulle moes verantwoord.…”