Making sense of the COVID-19 pandemic from the Bible – Some perspectives

In this article, a brief survey of some of the ways in which biblical scholars try to make sense of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is offered. The views of the following scholars are discussed: Walter Brueggemann, Ying Zhang, John Goldingay and Kathleen Scott Goldingay, N.T. Wright...

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Authors: Tolmie, D. F. 1959- (Author) ; Venter, Rian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2021
In: HTS teologiese studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 77, Issue: 4
Further subjects:B Pandemic as Punishment from God
B Ethics
B Covid-19
B Old Testament Studies
B Systematic Theology
B Bible
B New Normal
B Pandemic
B New Testament Studies
B Hermeneutics
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