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      The Concept of Philosophy in Post-Apartheid Western Historical Overviews of South African Old Testament Scholarship

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          This article seeks to clarify the concept of "philosophy" as it appeared within popular overviews of South African Old Testament scholarship published in the post-apartheid era. After providing a typology of related research, the discussion proceeds with the identification of the words "philosophy"/"philosophical" in the associated colonialist scholarly discourses. The latter part involves a brief classification, commentary and critique of the meta-philosophical assumptions supervening on the associated intra- and cross-disciplinary contexts. "The secret of theory is that truth does not exist."1

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              Why history matters: The place of historical consciousness in a multidimensional approach towards biblical interpretation

              Since the linguistic turn of New Criticism and the advent of reader-response approaches in the previous century, the category of history has come under pressure in biblical interpretation. New developments in general historiography have also emphasised that the past is forever past, and that only constructions of the past remain. These developments bring many to the conclusion that the past offers no assistance in the interpretation process. In my paper I would like to re-emphasise that 'historical consciousness' does not mean an anachronistic clinging to something which no longer exists, but rather refers to the ability to sense the multidimensionality of interpretation, particularly in the case of ancient biblical texts.
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                Role: ND
                Journal
                ote
                Old Testament Essays
                Old testam. essays
                The Old Testament Society of Southern Africa (OTSSA) (Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa )
                1010-9919
                2312-3621
                2018
                : 31
                : 2
                : 299-322
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                [01] orgnameNorth-West University
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                S1010-99192018000200002
                10.17159/2312-3621/2018/v31n2a3
                6b471fd9-1267-40ca-a392-2306eb06652b

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 06 August 2018
                : 06 June 2018
                : 12 August 2018
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 72, Pages: 24
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                histories of interpretation,South African perspectives,Old Testament,meta-philosophy,post-apartheid era

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