TY  - JOUR
TI  - Waiting for the Lord: The Fulfilment of the Promise of Land in the Old Testament as a Source of Hope
AU  - Cezula, Ntozakhe Simon
T2  - Scriptura
AB  - This article examines the fulfilment of the land promise in the OT as a source of hope. This is particularly significant in our contemporary context in which land has become a contested issue. The question this article asks is whether the fulfilment of the land promise in the OT can be a source of hope for communities in (South) Africa. In the process of dealing with the question, the article observes that there are different theological interpretations to the Abrahamic promise within the Bible. Premising its line of thought on this observation, the hypothesis is advanced that some theological interpretations render the fulfilment of the land promise a source of despair for some communities in South Africa while others make it a source of hope. Specifically, Ezra-Nehemiah represents the former and the Isaiah tradition, the latter.
DA  - 2017///
PY  - 2017
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7833/116-1-1304
DP  - EBSCOhost
VL  - 116
IS  - 3
SP  - 1
EP  - 15
J2  - Scr.(S)
SN  - 0254-1807
ST  - Waiting for the Lord
L2  - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,sso&db=rfh&AN=ATLAiG0V171218001865&site=ehost-live&custid=faulku&scope=cite
KW  - Abraham, (Biblical patriarch)
KW  - Bible. Ezra -- Theology
KW  - Bible. Isaiah -- Theology
KW  - Inclusivity (Sociology)
KW  - Israelites, Ancient
KW  - Land -- Biblical teaching
KW  - Open access
KW  - Particularism (Theology)
KW  - Peer reviewed
KW  - Theology -- South Africa
KW  - Universalism
ER  -