Focus areas
The Department's research focuses on the following areas:
- Religion, philosophy and morality in ancient texts
- Art and iconography
- Bible languages, translation and interpretation
- Hellenism and Judaism in inter-testamentary times
- Latin literature, individual and society
- Influence and reception of the ancient world
- Ancient cultures: methodology and interpretation models
- Study of ancient languages and cultures in the digital age
More information about the focus areas is available here:
Religion, philosophy and morality in ancient texts
Hebrew prophets and symbolism (Kruger)
Wisdom literature (Cook)
Greek and Roman moral philosophy and religions (JC Thom)
Early Christian literature (JC Thom, Kotzé)
Art and iconography
Iconography of the Ancient Near East (Cornelius)
Bible languages, translation and interpretation
Linguistics and translation of the Hebrew Bible (Van der Merwe)
The Old Testament and the ancient world (Cornelius, Kruger)
Septuagint translation (Cook)
Linguistics and translation of the Greek New Testament (JC Thom)
The New Testament and the ancient world (JC Thom)
Hellenism and Judaism in inter-testamentary times
Septuaginta (Cook)
Dead Sea scrolls (Cook)
Greek and Latin literature, individual and society
Lyrical poetry (S Thom)
Roman poets from the Golden Age (De Villiers)
Augustine (Kotzé)
Influence and reception of the ancient world
Greek literary motifs in world literature (Pauw)
The literary reception of Roman poetry (De Villiers)
The ancient world and popular culture (Cornelius)
Ancient cultures: methodology and interpretation models
Cultural anthropology and Syro-Palestinian cultures (Kruger)
Cognitive linguistics and interpretation (Van der Merwe)
The study of ancient languages and cultures in the digital age
Multimedia and ancient cultures (Cornelius)
Hypertext commentaries of the Hebrew Bible (Van der Merwe)
