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Interpreting the Old Testament in Africa : papers from the International Symposium on Africa and the Old Testament in Nairobi, October 1999 / edited by Mary Getui, Knut Holter & Victor Zinkuratire.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- International Symposium on Africa and the Old Testament (1999 : Nairobi, Kenya)
- Series:
- Bible and theology in Africa ; vol. 2.
- Bible and theology in Africa ; vol. 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Congresses.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 246 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : P. Lang, [2001]
- Contents:
- Mapping the Context of Old Testament Studies in Africa 5
- Africa and the Old Testament / Jesse Mugambi 7
- The Current State of Old Testament Scholarship in Africa: Where Are We at the Turn of the Century? / Knut Holter 27
- Finding Africa in the Old Testament 41
- The "African" Texts of the Old Testament and Their African Interpretations / Marta Hoyland Lavik 43
- The Images of Egypt in the Old Testament: Reflections on African Hermeneutics / Tewoldemedhin Habtu 55
- The Images of Cush in the Old Testament: Reflections on African Hermeneutics / David Tuesday Adamo 65
- Using Africa to Interpret the Old Testament 75
- Towards a "Communal" Approach for Reading the Bible in Africa / Louis Jonker 77
- The Social Sciences and the Study of the Old Testament in Africa: Some Methodological Considerations / Aloo Osotsi Mojola 89
- All Past and Present But Little Future? African and Old Testament Concepts of Time and History / Hendrik Bosman 101
- Taboos on Counting / Sammy Githuku 113
- What's in a Name? African Versus Old Testament Nomenclature / Jonathan Gichaara 119
- Using the Kamba Culture to Interpret Old Testament Covenants / Joseph Muutuki 125
- Using the Old Testament to Interpret Africa 131
- Wisdom and Wisdom Converge: Selected Old Testament and Northern Sotho Proverbs / Madipoane Masenya (ngwana' Mphahlele) 133
- A Reflection on the Hagar Narratives in Genesis Through the Eyes of a Kenyan Woman / Constance Shisanya 147
- Jeremiah 22: Implications for the Exercise of Political Power in Africa / Bungishabaku Katho 153
- Interpreting the Book of Psalms in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Kenya / Pauline Otieno 159
- The Old Testament in the Nabii Christian Church of Kenya / Philomena Mwaura 165
- Work in the Old Testament and in African Tradition: Implications for Today / Margaret Aringo 171
- Genesis 1-2 and Some Elements of Diversion From the Original Meaning of the Creation of Man and Woman / Anne Nasimiyu Wasike 175
- The Bible in African Theology / Mary Getui 181
- Interpreting the Old "Testament" in Africa: Last Will, Contract or Covenant? / Serapio Kabazzi Kisirinya 189
- Translating the Old Testament in Africa 193
- United Bible Societies' Strategies for Old Testament Translation in Africa / Peter Renju 195
- Central Issues of Old Testament Translation in Africa / Leonidas Kalugila 205
- Morphological and Syntactical Correspondences Between Hebrew and Bantu Languages / Victor Zinkuratire 217.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0820449784
- OCLC:
- 44669756
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