Exiting developments in the department of New Testament studies

Prof Gert J Steyn, currently acting Head of the Department of New Testament Studies, received a second doctorate, a DLitt (Bible Languages), during March 2009 with a study titled “A Quest for the Assumed Septuagint Vorlage of the Explicit Quotations in Hebrews” in the Department of Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch University. It will soon be published with Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Goettingen, Germany. Prof Steyn was also recently elected as the new President of the New Testament Society of South Africa (NTSSA). Have a look at his newest publication at http://www.v-r.de/en/items/1001004905/

Dr Kobus Kok joined the Department as our new colleague from July 2009. He is a former DAAD scholarship holder and his research interests are in the Johannine Literature and in New Testament Ethics. He studied at the University of Pretoria and the University of Bonn, Germany. Dr. Kok is currently working on two monographs - one on Mission and Ethics in Paul and one on Healing and Restoration in John's Gospel.