Prof R De W Oosthuizen

Position: 
Professor
Department: 
Theology
Email: 
roosthuizen@ufh.ac.za
Contact Details: 
040-602 2598/ 2564

Prof R Oosthuizen, previously involved with the offering of Biblical Archaeology – Old Testament Studies/Biblical Studies (UNISA), joined the University of Fort Hare in October 1989 as Junior Lecturer in the Faculty of Theology, Department of Old Testament Studies & Hebrew.

Research Interests: 

Prof Oosthuizen’s area of specialization includes, amongst other, the development and exploration of appropriate reading strategies and interpretation of the Bible within the (South) African Context.

Research focus on various aspects as pertaining to the relation between the Biblical Texts (Old Testament/Hebrew Bible) and the context (past & present), hermeneutics and the interpretation of the Old Testament/ Hebrew Bible from an African perspective.

Modules: 
Presented and involved with various modules in Theology - THB 111: Hebrew Bible -Text and Context THB 121: Exploring Genres of the Hebrew Bible TBH 115 – Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (BST – Biblical Studies) (OT/TNT) (TRS – Religious Studies) TRS 115 Religion in Society & TRS 125 The Nature and Role of Religion and Introduction to the Study of Religion TRS 215 Inter-Religious Dialogue & TRS 225 Religion and Ethics for Social Transformation TRS 315 Religion and Development for Social Transformation & TRS 325 Church and Development for Social Transformation TBS 115 Introduction to the Study of the Bible & Literature/Text and Message of the Bible (Old Testament) &TBS 125 Introduction to the Study of the Bible & Literature/Text and Message of the Bible (New Testament) TBS 215 The Bible as Literature (Exposition of the Bible) The Theology of the Bible (Introduction of the Bible as Canon and its Status within the Church) OLD TESTAMENT & TBS 225 The Bible as Literature (Exposition of the Bible) The Theology of the Bible (Introduction of the Bible as Canon and its Status within the Church) NEW TESTAMENT TBS 315 African Reading of the Bible (OLD TESTAMENT) & TBS 325 African Reading of the Bible (NEW TESTAMENT) B Th (Hons) TBS 501 Biblical Hermeneutics and Exposition for Social Transformation TBS502 The Historical Context of the Bible TBS503 Biblical Theology TBS 504 (Extended Essay) Post Graduate – Supervision: M Th & D Th • Departmental staffing constraints requires involvement with various modules – Graduate & Post Graduate (Biblical Studies, Old Testament, Biblical Hebrew, Religious Studies, Bible & Ethics)
Publications: 

"Umntu akazingcwabi": The living dead in the Old Testament and in Africa. (Contribution for publication by the Faculty, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the University of Fort Hare). Theology on the Tyume   1997,47-59.Alice: Lovedale Press.

"The eleventh Commandment is: Thou Shalt take care of the Earth" (Contribution for publication by the Faculty, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the University Of Fort Hare). Theology on the Tyume 1997, 135-143. Alice: Lovedale Press

African experience of time and its compatibility with the Old Testament view of time as suggested in the genealogy of Genesis 5. Old Testament Essays 6 (2), 190-204: 1993.

Future expectation as continuation of life  CORAM DEO in the Old Testament through generational  continuity.  Old Testament Essays 8 (1), 31-47: 1995.

2 Sam 14: Stop the wicked man. (Towards/ in search of a 'theologia africana') Scriptura        1999(1),13 - 23).

Amos: Socio-Historical Perspectives. The Baptist Journal of Theology 2002 (Vol. 11), 152 – 169.

Die “oop gesprek”: Historiese diskoers in die Bybelwetenskappe met spesifieke verwysing na Bybelse Argeologie. NGTT 2003 44(3&4), 452 - 465

An African perspective on 2 Samuel 17:24 - 19:8: Was Joab a Racist? The South African Baptist Journal of Theology, 2006 (Vol. 15), 55 – 62.

Environmental Care: Stewardship of the Earth as a “Family Concern”. The South African Baptist Journal of Theology, 2007 (Vol. 16), 191 – 200.

‘The drum and its significance for the interpretation of the Old Testament from an African perspective: Part one’, Verbum et Ecclesia 2016 - 37(1), Art. #1395, x pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v37i1.1395

The drum and its significance for the interpretation of the Old Testament from an African perspective: Part two’, Verbum et Ecclesia 2016 37(1), Art. #1553. http://dx.doi. org/10.4102/ve.v37i1.1553