Prof R De W Oosthuizen
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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.
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.
"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