NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion - Volume 53, Issue 2, 1999

Abstract The article has two parts: (1) A discussion of the disputed meaning of the adjective rakkôt ‘weak’, ‘tender’, ‘lovely’ etc.?), which is used in the description of Leah’s appearance in Gen. 29:17; only a negative interpretation is considered to be likely. (2) An analysis of the way in which biblical persons can be subject of a thorough metamorphosis in modem forms of ‘rewritten bible’, in family bibles, children’s bibles etc., Read More

Abstract ‘Gussetianism’ having been used as another term for Hebraism (the idea of Hebrew as the language of Adam and Eve), this article focuses on its sponsor Jacques Gousset. After his study in Saumur he became a minister of the Reformed Church of Poitiers (1652). Exiled by the Revocation (1685), he settled in Dordrecht where he wrote a partial refutation of Rabbi Isaac ben Abraham of Troki’s Hizuq Emunah (see Appendix: Read More

Abstract Adult-child sexual interactions are a controversial issue within the church. Many experts argue that they should be regarded as sexual abuse. Advocates of the acceptance of paedophiles claim that these interactions are potentially beneficial. Through a comparison of publications from 1980 and 1998 and an analysis of a congregation confronted with adult-child sexual interactions, the author shows how various pe Read More