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Botha, PJ
BD MA DD(Pret) - Professor

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Contact details:

Telephone number: 012 420 2685
Fax number: 012 420 4008
E-mail address: bothapj@libarts.up.ac.za

Research interests:

Grammar of the Semitic languages

Literary conventions in the Semitic languages

History of Ancient Culture

Mythology and its influence on Western culture

Social values in antiquity

Syriac Patristic Studies

Research output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals

Botha PJ: 2001. Contrast and contrivance in Ephrem the Syrian's hymn De Virginitate XLIV. Acta Patristica et Byzantina, 12, pp 30-40.

Botha PJ: 2001. Honour and shame as keys to the interpretation of Malachi. Old Testament Essays (Journal of the Old Testament Society of South Africa), 14(3), pp 392-403.

Botha PJ: 2001. Social values and the interpretation of Psalm 123. Old Testament Essays (Journal of the Old Testament Society of South Africa), 14(2), pp 189-198.