Faculty of Humanities
School of Languages
Department of Ancient Languages
Botha, PJ
MA DD(Pret) - Professor
NRF Rating: C2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
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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