Francois P. Viljoen

1 Timothy

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“As a believer with the simple faith of a child, the author manages to provide a well-researched and easily readable scholarly contribution on 1 Timothy. It is refreshing to read this well-balanced contribution by a female scholar on this letter that repeatedly refers to the role of woman in the church but also to other ministerial strategies. Her perspectives on the influence of this text on a contemporary faith community are enlightening.”

A Defense for the Chronological Order of Luke’s Gospel

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“In his preface the author of Luke states that he wrote an ‘orderly’ account. However, scholars have no consensus on the writing order of this gospel. Dr. Fung aimed to ascertain Luke’s writing order by evaluating different suggestions, conducting textual, grammatical, and semantic studies, analyzing the narrative sequence in Luke’s gospel and comparing it with writing methodologies of Greco-Roman and Jewish historians. Fung’s well motivated finding is that Luke wrote his gospel in chronological order.”

God as Creator in Acts 17:24

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“In a well-developed argument, Jennifer Creamer demonstrates how Paul (according to Luke) carefully chose vocabulary familiar to his audience, but filled it with Judeo-Christian thought. In his cross-cultural communication, Paul referred to God as Creator in his argument against idolatry. This publication makes a valuable contribution to the scholarly discussion on the contextualization of the topic of God as Creator in Paul’s Areopagus speech as recorded in Acts 17.”