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Faculty of Humanities
School of Languages
Department of Ancient Languages

Botha, PJ

MA DD(Pret) - Professor

NRF Rating: C2

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 2685
Fax number: 012 420 4008
E-mail address: phil.botha@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Grammar of the biblical languages

Social values in antiquity

Syriac Patristic Studies

Patristic studies

Grammar of the Semitic languages

Literary conventions in the Semitic languages

History of Ancient Culture

Old Testament

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Botha PJ: 2008. The Poet as Preacher: St. Ephrem the Syrian’s Hymn De Virginitate xxxi as a Coherent, Aesthetic, and Persuasive Poetic Discourse. Acta Patristica et Byzantina, 19 (1), pp 44-72, Full Text

Botha PJ: 2008. Annotated History: The Implications of Reading Psalm 34 in Conjunction with 1 Samuel 21-26 and Vice Versa. Old Testament Essays (New Series): Journal of the Old Testament Society of South Africa, 21 (3), pp 593-617, Full Text

Botha PJ, Weber-Lehnherr B: 2008. ‘Killing Them Softly with this Song.’ The Literary Structure of Psalm 3 and Its Psalmic and Davidic Contexts. Part I: An intratextual interpretation of Psalm 3. Old Testament Essays (New Series): Journal of the Old Testament Society of South Africa, 21 (1), pp 18-37, Full Text

Botha PJ, Weber-Lehnherr B: 2008. ‘Killing Them Softly with this Song.’ The Literary Structure of Psalm 3 and Its Psalmic and Davidic Contexts. Part II: A Contextual and Intertextual Interpretation of Psalm 3. Old Testament Essays (New Series): Journal of the Old Testament Society of South Africa, 21 (2), pp 273-297, Full Text

 

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