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Item Conspectus The Journal of the South African Theological Seminary(SATS Seminary Press Johannesburg South Africa) Erdey, Zoltan L.; Smith, Kevin G.African Conspectus is a refereed theological e-journal published biannually by the South African Theological Seminary (www.sats.edu.za). The journal is a scholarly theological publication in the fields of Biblical Studies, Systematic Theology and Practical Theology.Item Interpreting parables : One Point or Many? Conspectus : The Journal of the South African Theological Seminary, Volume 10, Issue 1, Jan 2010, p. 5 - 24(South African Theological Seminary Press Johannesburg, South Africa) Erdey, Zoltan L.Two modes of parable interpretation have dominated much of church history. The first and most dominant was allegorization, in which each element in the parable narrative was contrasted with a real life referent, thought to communicate an enigmatic or spiritual truth. In contrast to the allegorical exegetical method is the single-lesson interpretive model, which advocates that parables teach a single lesson. None of these interpretive models are adequate, for they either oversimplifying or unnecessarily allegorising the parables of Jesus. The model recommended by Blomberg, which views the parables as teaching one, two, or three lessons, contingent on the number of main characters in the parables, avoids the pitfalls on the two extremes, and ought to be adopted as the standard evangelical model.Item Interpreting Parables: One Point or Many (Conspectus Volume 10 September 2010)(South African Theological Seminary Press Johannesburg, South Africa) Erdey, Zoltan L.Abstract Two modes of parable interpretation have dominated much of church history. The first and most dominant was allegorization, in which each element in the parable narrative was contrasted with a real lifereferent, thought to communicate an enigmatic or spiritual truth. In contrast to the allegorical exegetical method is the single-lesson interpretive model, which advocates that parables teach a single lesson. None of these interpretive models are adequate, for they either oversimplifying or unnecessarily allegorising the parables of Jesus. The model recommended by Blomberg, which views the parables as teaching one, two, or three lessons, contingent on the number of main characters in the parables, avoids the pitfalls on the two extremes, and ought to be adopted as the standard evangelical modeItem Review of Craig and Meister, God is Good, God is Great : Why Believing in God is Reasonable and Responsible Conspectus : The Journal of the South African Theological Seminary, Volume 12, Issue 09, Sep 2011, p. 249 - 267(South African Theological Seminary Press Johannesburg, South Africa) Erdey, Zoltan L.For the proper understanding of the milieu of this book, it is important to introduce briefly a new atheistic movement. The contemporary context of apologetics was redefined in 2004 by Richard Dawkins' book, The God Delusion.Item Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth’—The Nature of the Suffering of the Wicked in Matthew Conspectus : The Journal of the South African Theological Seminary, Volume 15, Issue 03, Mar 2013, p. 141 - 173(South African Theological Seminary Press Johannesburg, South Africa) Erdey, Zoltan L.; Smith, Kevin G.Matthew records six instances in which Jesus expressed the idiom 'weeping and gnashing of teeth' (8:12; 13:42; 13:50; 22:13; 24:45; 25:30). The phrase refers to the eschatological fate of the wicked. This article investigates whether those who weep and gnash their teeth suffer physically, or merely spiritually and emotionally. A word study of the 'weeping' and 'gnashing' revealed that both these terms contain within their connotation the aspect of weeping and gnashing of teeth that is a direct result of physical pain. The use of the 'furnace of fire' and 'cut him in pieces' similarly seems to associate the idiom with suffering as a direct result of physical pain.