Abstract
This article focused on Pro Pent (or the Project for the Study of the Pentateuch) which was established in August 2000 after professor Eckart Otto from the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) of Munich visited the University of Pretoria (UP). Pro Pent is a joint project of UP and the LMU and since 2001 annual seminars drive the initiative. These seminars are held in Pretoria and sometimes in Munich. Pro Pent is now an established international study group on the Pentateuch. In order to understand Pro Pent in the South African context, the article briefly discussed the work of previous South African Pentateuch scholars like John William Colenso, Johannes du Plessis and Ferdinand Deist. Their contributions were firstly assessed before Pro Pent’s contribution to the study of the Pentateuch was discussed and its relevancy for the South African context assessed, and highlight Pro Pent’s intention to be relevant.
Highlights
In August 2000 Pro Pent was established as a joint project of the University of Pretoria (UP) and the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) of Munich
By April 2001 we received Otto’s book, Das Deuteronium im Pentateuch und Hexateuch (2000a), and were thrilled; it consisted of the lectures he had discussed the previous year and it was dedicated to the Faculty of Theology of the University of Pretoria (Otto 2000a:VIII)
Pro Pent soon became a hub where South African and international scholars assembled to discuss the many facets of Pentateuch research
Summary
This article focused on Pro Pent (or the Project for the Study of the Pentateuch) which was established in August 2000 after professor Eckart Otto from the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) of Munich visited the University of Pretoria (UP). In August 2000 Pro Pent (or the Project for Pentateuch Studies) was established as a joint project of the University of Pretoria (UP) and the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) of Munich It was the outcome of the right events, which occurred at the right time. When Eckart Otto, from Munich, visited us in August 2000 he was the right person at the right time at the right place He had an immediate rapport with the members of the faculty and was instantly made an honorary professor. Pro Pent has an excellent working relationship with Pro Psalms (the Program for Psalm research) and professor Dirk Human which helped Pro Pent in many ways
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