PAPERS

2010

"Psalm 114 as a hymnic celebration and reinterpretation of the Exodus."
HL Bosman, PROPENT Kongres by Universiteit van Pretoria, Augustus.

"From divine commandment and prophetic goals to sapiential character formation – a survey of OT ethical reflection."
HL Bosman, OTWSA Kongres, Noord-Wes Universiteit, Vaaldriehoekkampus, September.

"Bookends of Old Testament ethics: the first and last commandments and Human Dignity."
HL Bosman, Konferensie oor "Decalogue and Human Dignity in Africa", Stellenbosch, November.

"Of Jebus, Jerusalem and Benjamin: The Chronicler's Sondergut in 1 Chronicles 21 against the Background of the Late Persian Era in Yehud."
LC Jonker, Jaarlikse kongres van die Canadian Society of Biblical Studies (CSBS), Montreal, Kanada, Mei.

"Of Jebus, Jerusalem and Benjamin: The Chronicler's Sondergut in 1 Chronicles 21 against the Background of the Late Persian Era in Yehud."
LC Jonker, Jaarlikse International Meeting van die Society of Biblical Studies, Tartu, Estland, Julie.

"The Chronicler Singing Psalms: Revisiting the Chronicler's Psalm in 1 Chronicles 16."
LC Jonker, Driejaarlikse kongres van die International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament (IOSOT), Helsinki, Finland, Augustus.

"Engaging with Different Contexts: A Survey of the Various Levels of Identity Negotiation in Chronicles."
LC Jonker, Internasionale en interdissiplinêre colloquium binne die raamwerk van navorsingsprojek oor Historiografie en Identiteitsvorming, Stellenbosch, Augustus.

"Engaging with Different Contexts: A Survey of the Various Levels of Identity Negotiation in Chronicles."
LC Jonker, Jaarlikse kongres van die Ou-Testamentiese Werkgemeenskap van Suid-Afrika (OTWSA), Vaaldriehoek-kampus van NWU, September.

"Guarding the mystery and majesty of God: Reflections on the second commandment."
LC Jonker, Spesiale kongres getitel "The decalogue and Human Dignity in Africa", Stellenbosch, November.

"'Unethical' language in the Pauline letters? Stereotyping, vilification and identity matters."
J Punt, Research seminar of the Department of Religion, University of Umeå, Sweden, March.

"Paul, body, and resurrection in an imperial setting. Considering hermeneutics and power."
J Punt, The annual NTSSA meeting, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, April.

"Family in the New Testament. Social location, households and 'traditional family values'."
J Punt, Joint International meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature and the European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS), Tartu, Estonia, July.

"Identity, memory and scriptural warrant. Arguing Paul's case."
J Punt, Second UNISA symposium of New Testament and early Christian Studies on "Memory and identity in Early Christianity", Pretoria, October.

"The democratisation of biblical studies: What, why and whence? A South African perspective."
J Punt, Conference on "Current issues in the hermeneutical debate", North West University, Potchefstroom, October.

"Postcolonial biblical studies: Value and significance."
J Punt, Interdisciplinary, NRF-sponsored project on Postcolonial Theory, Stellenbosch, October.

"Human dignity, families and violence. The New Testament as resource?"
J Punt, Protestant Theologisch Universiteit and Faculty of Theology (University of Stellenbosch) international consultation ("Violence and Human Dignity"), Kampen, October.

"What is meant by postcolonial biblical studies?"
J Punt, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (Postcolonial Biblical Interpretation), Atlanta GA, USA, November.

"1 Cor 7:17-24: Identity and human dignity amidst power and liminality."
J Punt, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (Contextual Biblical Interpretation), Atlanta GA, USA, November.

"Postcolonial biblical criticism and the Pauline letters."
J Punt, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (Paul and Politics), Atlanta GA, USA, November.

"Quo Vadis: Bible, Hermeneutics and Liberation?"
J Punt, Invited panel member for a Latino/Latina Biblical Hermeneutics group (on Liberation Hermeneutics) at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta GA, USA, November.

"The Decalogue in the New Testament: Ethics, identity and power."
J Punt, Konferensie oor "Decalogue and Human Dignity in Africa", Stellenbosch, November.

"Framing the frames: A theoretical framework for the cognitive notion of 'frames of reference'."
ER Wendland, presented at "Translation and Cognition – International Conference on Translation", University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain, June.

"Studying, translating, and transmitting the 'orality' (oral-aural dimension) of Scripture, with two case studies: Solomon's Song and John's Apocalypse."
ER Wendland, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (Bible Translation Section), Atlanta GA, USA, November.

2009

"Hoe lees, verklaar en preek ons oor Profetiese tekste in die Ou Testament?"
HL Bosman, Die Prediking van die Ou Testament, VBO - kursus, Stellenbosch, Maart.

"From catechism to historical criticism: 150 years of Old Testament Studies at Stellenbosch."
HL Bosman, OTWSA Kongres, Stellenbosch, Junie.

"Designing Old Testament curricula in Africa."
HL Bosman, NETACT Konferensie, Stellenbosch, Julie.

"The Sabbath as marker of identity due to the reinterpretation of the Pentateuch during the Exile."
HL Bosman, PROPENT Kongres, Pretoria, Augustus.

"Humankind as being created in the 'image of God' in the Old Testament: Possible implications for the theological debate on human dignity."
HL Bosman, Konferensie oor "Biblical Studies perspectives on Human Dignity", Stellenbosch, Oktober.

"Revisiting Saul in Chronicles."
LC Jonker, International Society of Biblical Literature, Rome, Julie.

"Reading the Pentateuch's genealogies after the Exile: the Chronicler's usage of Genesis 1 -11 in negotiating an all-Israelite identity."
LC Jonker, PROPENT Kongres, Pretoria, Augustus.

"Human dignity and the construction of identity in the Old Testament."
LC Jonker, Konferensie oor "Biblical Studies perspectives on Human Dignity", Stellenbosch, Oktober.

"God images and human dignity? Perspectives from two controversial New Testament texts (1Cor 14:33-40 & Eph 5:21 - 6:9)."
AEJ Mouton, Konferensie oor "Biblical Studies perspectives on Human Dignity", Stellenbosch, Oktober.

"Countervailing missionary forces: Empire and Church in Acts."
J Punt, Konferensie oor Missionary Church in Acts, Stellenbosch, Mei.

"Cross-purposes? Paul, the violence of the cross and human dignity."
J Punt, Consultation with the Protestant University of Netherlands on "Violence and Human Dignity", Stellenbosch, Junie.

"Power and liminality, sex and gender and Galatians 3:28. A postcolonial, queer reading of an influential text."
J Punt, NTWSA Kongres, Stellenbosch, Junie.

"Empire as material setting and heuristic grid for interpreting Paul. Can postcolonial biblical criticism help."
J Punt, International Society of Biblical Literature, Rome, Julie.

"'All in the family?' The social location of New Testament households and Christian claims on 'traditional family values'."
J Punt, Konferensie oor "Family as strategy in the Roman Empire and early Christianity", UNISA, Oktober.

"On mapping human identity in the New Testament: Concerns, conditions and concepts."
J Punt, Konferensie oor "Biblical Studies perspectives on Human Dignity", Stellenbosch, Oktober.

"The Other in South African Children Bibles. Politics and (biblical) systems of othering."
J Punt, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature/American Association of Religion (Bible and Cultural Studies), New Orleans, VSA, November.

"Hermeneutical Implications of the Literary Fixation of the Pythagorean Akousmata."
JC Thom, Doctoral Colloquium Humboldt-Universität, Berlyn, Julie.

"Pythagoras's Historiê and the Akousmata Collection."
JC Thom, Fédération Internationale des Associations des Études classiques (FIEC) conference, Berlyn, Augustus.

"Marked word order in the book of Joel."
CHJ van der Merwe & ER Wendland. SBL, New Orleans, USA, November.

2008

"Liturgy and Ethics in Psalms 15 and 24:3-6 against the backdrop of its prophetic imitation in Isaiah 33: 14-16."
HL Bosman, PROPSALM Kongres by Universiteit van Pretoria, Augustus.

"'You shall not covet ...' Interpreting the tenth commandment in Africa."
HL Bosman, PROPENT Kongres by Universiteit van Pretoria, Augustus.

"A 'Nama Exodus'? Assimilation and resistance according to a postcolonial reading of the diaries of Hendrik Witbooi."
HL Bosman, OTWSA Kongres, Windhoek, Namibië, September.

"The impact of death on human dignity in Job."
HL Bosman, Protestant University of Netherlands, Kampen, November.

"The Spirit of God in the Old Testament: divine Presence of Person?"
HL Bosman, Moluccan Theological Council, IRTI & BNS & PCN, Houten, Nederland, November.

"Contextual readings of Exodus in Africa: negotiating identities amidst contending narratives of origin and migration in Africa."
HL Bosman, SBL Jaarkongres, Boston, VSA, November.

Respondent tydens Professorale Intreerede van Prof. Dr. Hans de Wit aan die Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Nederland
LC Jonker, Junie.

"David's officials according to the Chronicler (1 Chr 23-27): A reflection of Second Temple self-categorization?"
LC Jonker, Jaarlikse International Meeting van die Society of Biblical Studies, Auckland, Nieu-Seeland, Julie.

"The Chronicler and the Prophets: Who were his Authoritative Sources?"
LC Jonker, Jaarlikse kongres van die European Association of Biblical Studies, Lissabon, Portugal, Augustus.

"Solomon in an international arena: The significance of the King of Peace for Yehud in the Persian era."
LC Jonker, Jaarlikse kongres van die Ou-Testamentiese Werkgemeenskap van Suid-Afrika, Windhoek, Namibië, September.

"Verwarrende boodskappe oor geweld in die Nuwe Testament: Agentskap en ambivalensie in 'n imperiale konteks" [Mixed messages on violence in the New Testament? Agency and ambivalence in an imperial context].
J Punt, Paper read at an international conference on the NT and Violence, Stellenbosch, January.

"Missional perspectives in the New Testament: Paul's letter to the Galatians."
J Punt, Paper read at a "Sendingperspektiewe in die Nuwe Testament" discussion, BADISA, Bellville, February.

"Hermeneutics and identity formation: Paul's (re)reading of Genesis in Gal 4:21-5:1."
J Punt, Paper read at a joint OT and NT Seminar meeting, University of Stellenbosch, February.

"New Testament violence and the Roman Empire. Ambivalence, Othering, Agency."
J Punt, Paper read at a research seminar of the Department of Religion, University of Umeå, Sweden, April.

"Post-Apartheid racism in South Africa. The Bible, social identity and stereotyping."
J Punt, Paper read at the EABS meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, August.

"Paul, power and Philemon. A postcolonial reading."
J Punt, Paper read at the Third International Colloquium on the New Testament, "Perspectives on Philemon", University of Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, August.

"Unethical language? Stereotyping and vilification, and Pauline ethics."
J Punt, Paper read at an international Ethics and Language-conference (Humboldt Kolleg) at the University of Pretoria, September.

"The Aqedah in the New Testament. Sacrifice, violence and human dignity."
J Punt, Paper to read at a Protestant Theologisch Universiteit and Faculty of Theology (University of Stellenbosch) international consultation ("Violence and Human Dignity"), Kampen, November.

"Pauline bodies and South African bodies. Body, power and biblical hermeneutics."
J Punt, Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature/American Association of Religion (African Biblical Hermeneutics), Boston, USA, November.

"Geregtigheid en geweld in die Bergrede."
JC Thom, Violence in the New Testament: Conference of Dutch, Belgian and South African scholars, Stellenbosch, January.

"Justice in the Sermon on the Mount."
JC Thom, Oslo International New Testament Conference, Oslo, Norway.

"Critique of Marius Reiser's Sprache und Literatur des Neuen Testaments."
JC Thom, Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, Lund, Sweden.

"Critique of Christopher Gill's The Structured Self."
JC Thom, Society of Biblical Literature, Boston, USA.

"Wisdom in the Wisdom of Solomon and in Cleanthes' Hymn."
JC Thom, Association for the Study of the Septuagint in South Africa, University of Stellenbosch.

"The Language and Logic of Justice in the Sermon on the Mount."
JC Thom, Humboldt Kolleg on Moral Language in the New Testament, University of Pretoria.

"Biblical Hebrew linguistics as corpus linguistics."
CHJ van der Merwe, Paper read (as plenary speaker) at the conference: The Bible and Computers: present and future of a discipline, in Madrid, Spain, June.

2007

"African perspectives on prophecy and prophetism."
HL Bosman, PROPROPHET, Stellenbosch, June.

"Defining a prophet according to the Balaam narratives."
HL Bosman, PROPROPHET, Stellenbosch, June.

"Remembering Moses as a model of Israelite and early Jewish identity."
HL Bosman, IOSOT Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July.

"Intertextuality between the Torah and the Prophets: the "new exodus" in Isaiah 40 - 55."
HL Bosman, PROPENT, SBL INT, Vienna, Austria, July.

"Exodus from the perspective of Collective Memory Theory: From slave to servant during the emergence of Israelite monotheism."
HL Bosman, SBLINT, Vienna, Austria, July.

"The possible combination of creation and exodus motifs in Isaiah 51: 9-11: A typological 'antidote' for suffering during the exile"
HL Bosman, OTSSA, University of Pretoria, August.

"'Lord of the animals' in Ancient Near Eastern iconography and the interpretation of Job 39."
HL Bosman, Niehr Symposium with Ancient Studies, September.

"Textual identities in the Books of Chronicles: The case of Jehoram's history."
LC Jonker, Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, Saskatoon, Canada, May.

"The global context and its consequences for Old Testament interpretation."
LC Jonker, Tri-annual Conference of the International Society for the Study of the Old Testament, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July.

"Who constitutes society? Yehud's self-understanding in the Late Persian Era as reflected in the Books of Chronicles."
LC Jonker, International Meeting of the Society of Biblical Studies, Vienna, Austria, July. [also presented at a colloquium with Dept. Ancient Studies, September]

"The Exile as Sabbath rest: The Chronicler's interpretation of the Exile."
LC Jonker, OTSSA, Pretoria, August.

"Seminaries and Stewardship."
E Mouton, Presentation during NetAct AGM, Justo Mwale Theological College, Lusaka, Zambia, August.

"Jesus in South Africa: Lost in translation."
E Mouton, International Conference of the Moluccan Theological Council, IRTI & BNS & PCN, Houten, Netherlands, October.

"Sex and gender, and liminality in biblical texts: Venturing into postcolonial, queer biblical interpretation."
J Punt, International meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Vienna, Austria, July.

"A biblical death-wish: Paul celebrating dying in Phil 1:21."
J Punt, Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, Amsterdam, November.

"Paul and postcolonial hermeneutics: Marginality and/in early biblical interpretation."
J Punt, Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature/American Association of Religion (Paul and Scripture Seminar), San Diego, CA, USA, November.

"'To Show the Difference by Comparison': The New Wettstein and Cleanthes' Hymn."
JC Thom, Doctoral Colloquium, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, July.

"Justice in the Sermon on the Mount: An Aristotelian Reading."
JC Thom, Logos and the Word Conference on Ancient Philosophy, Hellenistic Judaism and Biblical Literature, Stellenbosch, June.

"Who are You, Pythagoras? Hermeneutical Pressure and Identity in the Pythagorean Akousmata."
JC Thom, Classical Association of South Africa, Cape Town, July.

"Another look at the focus particle gam."
CHJ van der Merwe, SBL Annual Meeting, in San Diego, USA, November.

2006

"Still in search of a second naivety in a Third World -theological reflection on the Bible in Africa."
HL Bosman, NETACT Conference, Justo Mwale Theological Seminary, Lusaka, Zambia, March.

"Professor Johannes du Plessis as Bybelwetenskaplike."
HL Bosman, Inauguration of the Du Plessis Statue, Stellenbosch, June.

"'You shall not covet.' Interpreting the tenth commandment in view of corruption in Africa."
HL Bosman, Conference of the Nigerian Conference of the Nigerian Biblical Studies, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria, July.

"The Decalogue between written and oral tradition: Some hermeneutical perspectives."
HL Bosman, PROPENT, University of Pretoria, August.

"The sun of righteousness has healing in its wings (Malachi 4:2) - Aspects of justice and healing in the Old Testament."
HL Bosman, VGK SKLAS Conference, Wellington, August.

"What is humankind? Both king and slave: Job 7:17-19 as ironic parody of human identity in Psalm 8: 4-6."
HL Bosman, OTSSA, UNISA, Pretoria, September.

"Defining religious conservatism in the Western Cape from a multi-faith perspective."
HL Bosman, EFSA workshop, University of the Western Cape, October.

"Living in different worlds simultaneously. Or: A plea for contextual integrity."
LC Jonker, Exegesis and Actualization, Stellenbosch, January.

"The Chronicler's Reinterpretation of Asa's Reign: A Secondary Audience in Chronicles?"
LC Jonker, AT Sozietät, Tübingen, June.

"Reading with one eye closed? Or: What you miss when you do not read biblical texts multidimensionally."
LC Jonker, Masters seminar, Misjonshogskolen, Stavanger, Norway, September.

"'Contextuality' in (South) African exegesis: Reflections on the communality of our exegetical methodologies."
LC Jonker, Masters seminar, Misjonshogskolen, Stavanger, Norway, September.

"Refocusing the stories of the kings: Identity formation in the Books of Chronicles."
LC Jonker, AT Sozietät, München, October.

"Transmitting hope in the New Testament."
AEJ Mouton, Societas Homiletica International Conference, Pretoria, August.

"Bible (Acts), culture and the resurrection of Christ in religious dialogue: A response to J du Plessis."
J Punt, A Missiological Society conference, Stellenbosch, January.

"Hermeneutics, liminality, and actualisation in South African biblical interpretation."
J Punt, Exegesis and Actualisation in Africa and Europe: A dialogue, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch, January - February.

"The Bible's continuing role in South African society: Hermeneutics, actualisation, and marginality."
J Punt, Research seminar of the Department of Religion, University of Umeå, Sweden, April.

"Connections in Queer and Postcolonial theory and biblical interpretation."
J Punt, International meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Edinburgh, Scotland, July.

"The Prodigal Son and Blade Runner. Fathers and sons, and animosity."
J Punt, European Association of Biblical Studies, Budapest, Hungary, August.

"The 'biblicisation' of politics in post-Apartheid South Africa: The Bible's presence in ecclesial and public politics."
J Punt, European Association of Biblical Studies, Budapest, Hungary, August.

"The dignity of human sexuality: Compromised sexual selves and violated orientations."
J Punt, University of Stellenbosch and Theological University of Kampen consultation, Stellenbosch, August.

"Popularising a prophet (Isaiah) in parliament: The Bible in post-Apartheid, South African public discourse."
J Punt, Society of Biblical Literature/American Association of Religion, Washington DC, USA, November.

"Sarah's presence in the New Testament: Comparing Galatians 4 and 1 Peter 3."
J Punt, Society of Biblical Literature/American Association of Religion, Washington DC, USA, November.

"The Topos peri dikaiosynes in the Sermon on the Mount."
JC Thom, Doctoral Colloquium, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, May.

"The New Wettstein and a Holistic Reading of Texts: The Example of Cleanthes' Hymn to Zeus."
JC Thom, Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, Aberdeen, Scotland, July.

"Johan Thom's Cleanthes' Hymn to Zeus: A Response to Anthony Long, Troels Engberg-Pedersen, and Elizabeth Asmis."
JC Thom, Society of Biblical Literature, Washington, DC, November.

"The Wisdom of Solomon and Cleanthes' Hymn to Zeus."
JC Thom, Society of Biblical Literature, Washington, DC, November.

"Wisdom in the Wisdom of Solomon and in Cleanthes' Hymn."
JC Thom, Stellenbosch Colloquium on Ancient Religions, November.

"Translating metaphors in a source language oriented translation of the Hebrew Bible in Afrikaans."
CHJ van der Merwe, SIL congress of Bible Translation, Horsely's Green, UK, January.

"The particle hinneh: the literature from a cognitive linguistic perspective."
CHJ van der Merwe, Southern African Society of Near Eastern Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, September.

"Discourse particles in a Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar. The case of hen and hinneh."
CHJ van der Merwe, SBL Annual Meeting, Washington, USA, November.

"Unpeeling the Onion: Frames of contextual significance in Bible translation-With special reference to John's vision of the heavenly throne room (Rev. 4-5)."
E Wendland, Bible Translation European Training Programme, High Wycombe, England, January.

"Bible translation and Christian mission in Africa: 'How firm a foundation?'"
E Wendland, Theology in Southern Africa: Research in Progress Conference, Justo Mwale Theological College, Lusaka, Zambia, March.

"Ten mistaken notions about producing a 'study Bible': Some things I have learned along the way."
E Wendland, UBS Triennial Translation Workshop, Mombasa, Kenya, June.

"Towards a literary translation of the Scripturesin African Languages: With special reference to the Psalm 73."
E Wendland, Department of Biblical and Translation Studies, Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology, Kenya, June.

"Luther's Insight on Language as it relates to Translation, Mission, and Leadership Training."
E Wendland, World Seminary Conference, Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, USA, August.

"Communicating the beauty of a wise and 'worthy wife' (Prov 31:10-31): From Hebrew acrostic hymn to a Tonga traditional praise poem."
E Wendland, OTSSA, University of South Africa, Sunnyside Campus, September.