NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion - Volume 59, Issue 1, 2005

This article examines the development of the popularity of religious healing in the Netherlands since 1850 and the factors that contribute to its continuation. It focuses upon three traditions: devotional healing in Roman Catholicism, charismatic healing in Pentecostalism and energetic healing in Western Esotericism. Till about 1965, the interest in making a pilgrimage to holy places of healing showed a strong increase, while the Read More

This review article discusses the recent book by Chris Caragounis on the development of the Greek language in its relevance to the study of the New Testament. Special attention is paid to the elements of continuity and change in pronunciation, semantics and syntax. In spite of the fact that Caragounis overstates his case in some respects, this book undoubtedly throws new light on several problems of NT interpretation.

Abstract The new trend in the study of Christian apocryphal texts is to include among them not only the traditional ‘New Testament apocrypha’, but also other texts written later than the first centuries of our era, or clearly reworked in the Middle Ages. Behind this wider choice stands the opinion of Éric Junod and Jean-Claude Picard that there is no temporal limit for the rise of apocryphal texts. Using the evidence provided by som Read More

The prayer of the Syrian theologian Aphrahat in Demonstratio 23.53-59 displays at least seven analogies with the Jewish prayer Amidah. Textual analysis suggests that there are more instances of Jewish influence in this prayer. In this study it is considered plausible that Jewish prayers from the period after 70 AD or 135 AD, have found a way into the Christian liturgy of Syriac-speaking Persia through Jewish proselytes. It is pr Read More