Abstract
The impact of the theology of Dirk Postma on Reformed Hermeneutics: At the 150th commemoration of the founding of the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Churches of South-Africa, this article explores the specific historical origins and characteristics of Reformed Hermeneutics. By determining the rules of exegesis, Reformed Hermeneutics indeed has a fundamental influence on the development of Reformed Theology. The research indicates that the theological views of Dirk Postma lay at the heart of Reformed Hermeneutics. His views can further be traced to those of Aegidius Francken, a product of the Nadere Reformatie . An analysis of two recent publications outlining Reformed Hermeneutics indicates that the same hermeneutical principles that Dirk Postma upheld, still hold sway in Reformed Theology today. These principles are outlined and are put forward as standard for the future development of Reformed Theology.
Highlights
In sy afskeidswoord by die neerlegging van sy amp as teologiese professor sê Jan Lion Cachet (1911): Ons het begin, die studente was min en swak; die dosente het geen akademiese grade gehad nie, maar ons het begin en die fondamente gegrawe in die hoop dat eenmaal op die fondament ’n tempel vir die wetenskap sou verrys waarvan die hoeksteen sou wees: Gods heilige Woord. (p. 6)
Na minder as een jaar indiensopleiding by dominee T.F. de Haan2 van die Wansweerd kombinasie, is hy in 1840 deur die sinode van die Christelijke Afgescheie Gereformeerde Kerk (CAGK) geëksamineer en tot die bediening toegelaat
Hy doen dit aan die hand van vrae en antwoorde soos in die Heidelbergse Kategismus, maar laat hom wat die indeling en inhoud betref baie meer deur die Nederlandse Geloofsbelydenis (NGB) lei
Summary
Read online: Scan this QR code with your smart phone or mobile device to read online. An analysis of two recent publications outlining Reformed Hermeneutics indicates that the same hermeneutical principles that Dirk Postma upheld, still hold sway in Reformed Theology today. These principles are outlined and are put forward as standard for the future development of Reformed Theology. De Haan het Postma ingelei in die eerste beginsels van taalstudie en ’n liefde vir die ou tale by Postma gekweek (Van der Vyver 1958:47). Hy het sy benoeming as dosent en later professor met groot huiwering aanvaar (Van der Vyver 1958:373, 379, 380).
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