A square peg in a round hole? questioning the use of the concept of time in teaching the Old Testament in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorVan Zyl, Danie C.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-31T07:46:04Z
dc.date.available2020-08-31T07:46:04Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionCITATION: Van Zyl, D. C. 2007. A square peg in a round hole? questioning the use of the concept of time in teaching the Old Testament in Africa. Scriptura, 94(0):143-151, doi:10.7833/94-0-1444.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://scriptura.journals.ac.za
dc.description.abstractA linear concept of time forms the basis of most of our use of the first testament, both scholarly and in faith communities. The African concept of time, however, differs markedly from the conventional Western linear concept. The Biblical concept of time stands somewhere in between. This article explores these concepts of time and points out some problems which are caused by an unwitting use of a linear time concept in communicating the Bible in Africa. Apart from seeking to raise consciousness with Biblical scholarship for this issue, it seeks to propose practical ways of bridging the gap.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1444
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent9 pages
dc.identifier.citationVan Zyl, D. C. 2007. A square peg in a round hole? questioning the use of the concept of time in teaching the Old Testament in Africa. Scriptura, 94(0):143-151, doi:10.7833/94-0-1444en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2305-445X (online)
dc.identifier.issn0254-1807 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.7833/94-0-1444
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/108763
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology
dc.rights.holderAuthor retains copyright
dc.subjectBiblical concept of timeen_ZA
dc.subjectAfrican concept of timeen_ZA
dc.subjectWestern concept of timeen_ZA
dc.subjectTime in the Bibleen_ZA
dc.subjectTime -- Religious aspectsen_ZA
dc.titleA square peg in a round hole? questioning the use of the concept of time in teaching the Old Testament in Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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