NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion - Volume 54, Issue 3, 2000

Abstract This article critically reviews the Dutch translation of the book of Neil Douglas-Klotz, The Hidden Gospel: Decoding the Spiritual Message of the Aramaic Jesus (1999). Douglas-Klotz with the help of the Peshitta searches for the Aramaic words of Jesus in order to find Jesus’ original spiritual message. Through a comparison of Matth. 7:17, the Lord’s Prayer, John 4:24 and their reconstructed original ‘Aramaic’ wordings it is de Read More

Abstract The essay offers a bibliographical review of recent developments in the psychology of religion. In the first part, an outline of the field is provided; in the second part a number of selected themes are discussed briefly.

Abstract Western missiology is nowadays mainly concerned with the new theologies from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Ecumenical studies sees itself increasingly as the discipline that describes the content and the rules of the religious communication between North and South in Christianity. In this World Wide field of study the Internet has become an indispensable source of information. In describing a few searches, e.g. for e Read More

Abstract This article gives a survey of interesting sites on the World Wide Web, relevant for research of church history, especially in the Netherlands. The conclusion is that the virtual library offers only a reference collection, with encyclopedia’s and text editions that are far inferior to those that are published in print. The author gives three reasons for the disappointing electronic collection: there is a lack of staff to ma Read More