Biblical interpretation in African perspective / edited by David Tuesday Adamo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adamo, David Tuesday.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Hermeneutics.

Bible.

Hermeneutics.

Theology--Africa.

Theology.

Africa.

Black theology.

Physical Description:

viii, 265 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2006]

Summary:

Biblical Interpretation in African Perspective examines the history of biblical interpretation in Africa- specifically with interpretation of the passages using African cultural hermeneutics. This work maintains that all these various interpretations of the Bible have their origin in Africa.

Contents:

Historical development of Old Testament interpretation in Africa / David Tuesday Adamo

The Bible in South African Black theology : the Bible as Bola and other forms of African Biblical interpretation / Gerald West

Siblings or antagonists? : the ethos of Biblical scholarship from the North Atlantic and African worlds / Grant LeMarquand

"A small herb increases itself (makes impact) by a strong odour" : re-imaging Vashti in an African South African context / Madipoane Masenya

Sub-Saharan African doctoral dissertations in Old Testament studies, 1967-2000 : some remarks to their chronology and geography / Knut Holter

Africa and Africans in the Acts of the Apostles / Joseph Enuwosa and Friday Udoisang

The imprecatory Psalms in African context / David Tuesday Adamo

Africentric Biblical hermeneutics enroute: chieftancy institution in post-colonial Nigeria / Dapo Asaju

Unity in Ephesians 4:1-6 in African context / Joseph Enuwosa

Re-reading Romans 12:3-21 with African cultural eyes / Ukachukwu Chris Manus

Celibacy and the Bible in Africa / Oyeronke Olajuba

Poverty in the Old Testament in African perspective / Robert Wafawanka.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

076183303X

OCLC:

69940146