Afropean Biblical Studies : Constructing a Nigerian/British Women's Hermeneutic / Olabisi Obamakin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Obamakin, Olabisi, author.

Series:

Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible and feminism.

Women in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Constructing a Nigerian/British Women's Hermeneutic

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Step into the pioneering field of Afropean Biblical Studies. This book constructs a Nigerian/British women’s hermeneutic that reshapes how we read the New Testament, blending feminist, postcolonial, and decolonial approaches. In this book, readers will meet the author through her autobiographical reflections, which, alongside rich literary and cultural insights, illuminate fresh readings of biblical characters—like Herodias’s daughter (Mark 6:17-28; Matthew 14:3-12) and the woman who washed Jesus’ feet (Luke 7:36-50)—and engage popular contemporary novels, including Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other . Original, innovative, and methodologically bold, it challenges Western-dominated scholarship and opens new horizons in biblical interpretation.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

1Research Context: Nigerian/British (Afropean) Woman

2Research Aims and Questions

3Research Rationale: the Problem of Muted Black/British Female Scholars

4Research Objectives

5Book Outline

2 Locating the ‘Field’ Between Africa and Europe

1Introduction

2Between Africa and Europe: the Emerging Field of Afropeanism

3The Current Field of Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics

4The Distinctiveness of My Research

5Conclusion

3 Constructing an Afropean Women’s Hermeneutic

2Afropean Epistemology

3Afropean Cultural Mediums

4Afropean Themes

5Rationale for Selecting New Testament Biblical Texts and Characters as Case Studies

6The 6 Steps to Construct a Nigerian/British Women’s Hermeneutical Framework

7Conclusion

4 Don’t Touch My Hair: a Nigerian/British Women’s Reading of the Woman Who Washed Jesus’ Feet with Her Hair in Luke 7:36–50

1Introduction: African Hair within a European Context

2Rationale for Choosing This Pericope: The Lukan Version of the Story

3Autobiographical Reflection: Afro Hair in a Siloed Context

4History of Interpretation: Hair and Hypersexuality

5Nigerian/British Cultural Reference: Emma Dabiri’s, Don’t Touch My Hair

6Dominant Motifs within Don’t Touch My Hair: the Power of Hair

7New Lenses into Luke 7:35–50 from Don’t Touch My Hair Motifs

8Using Creative Actualisation to Construct a Nigerian/British Women’s Interpretation of Luke 7:35–50

9Conclusion

Acknowledgements

5 Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? a Nigerian/British Women’s Reading of the Samaritan Woman in John 4:1–42

1Introduction: Familial Expectation and Pressure in Marriage

2Rationale for Choosing This Pericope: Exploring the Hidden Depths of John 4

3Autobiographical Reflection: “Oya, Bring Me a Drink Opener”

4History of Interpretation: Hyperanalysis of Sexual History

5Nigerian/British Cultural Reference: Lizzie Damilola Blackburn’s Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?

6Dominant Motifs within Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?: External Familial Pressure, Internal Insecurities and Self-Hatred

7Lenses into John 4 From Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? Motifs

8Using Creative Actualisation to Construct a Nigerian/British Women’s Interpretation of the Samaritan Woman in John 4

6 Girl, Woman, Other: a Nigerian/British Women’s Reading of the Daughter and Her Canaanite Mother in Matthew 15:21–28

1Introduction: Mother/Daughter Intergenerational Relationships

2Rationale for Choosing This Pericope: a Specific Focus on Ethnicity

3Autobiographical Reflection

4History of Interpretation: Binary Ethnic Identities

5Nigerian British Cultural Reference: Bernadine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other

6Dominant Motifs within Girl, Woman, Other: Generational Differences between Mother and Daughter

7New Lenses into Matthew 15:21–28 from Girl, Woman, Other Motifs

8Using Creative Actualisation to Construct a Nigerian/British Women’s Interpretation of Matthew 15:21–28

7 Butterfly Fish: a Nigerian/British Women’s Reading of the Pythian Slave-Woman in Acts 16:16–21

1Retrieving a Forgotten Yoruba Epistemology

2Rationale for Choosing This Pericope: a Forgotten Woman

3Autobiographical Reflection: Forgotten Cultural History

4History of Interpretation: Dominated by Western Epistemology

5Nigerian/British Cultural Reference: Irenosen Okojie’s Butterfly Fish

6Dominant Motifs within Butterfly Fish: Giving a Voice to Global South Epistemology

7New Lenses into Acts 16:16–34 from Butterfly Fish Motifs

8Using Creative Actualisation to Construct a Nigerian/British Women’s Interpretation of Acts 16:16–34

8 Yoruba Girl Dancing: a Nigerian/British Women’s Reading of Herodias’s Daughter in Mark 6:17–28 and Matthew 14: 3–12

1Hypervisibility and Embodied Knowledge

2Rationale for Choosing Mark 6:17–28 and Matthew 14:3–12: Enhancing the Nigerian/British Women’s Reading

3Autobiographical Reflection: to Be Nigerian/British Is to Dance

4History of Interpretation: Western Hypersexualised View of ‘Othered’ Dance

5Nigerian/British Cultural Reference: Simi Bedford’s Yoruba Girl Dancing

6Dominant Motifs within Yoruba Girl Dancing: Dance as Ritual in Yoruba Epistemology

7Lenses into Mark 6 From Yoruba Girl Dancing Motifs

8Using Creative Actualisation to Construct a Nigerian/British Women’s Interpretation of Herodias’ Daughter in Mark 6:17–28 and Matthew 14:3–12

9 Conclusion: The Emergence of Afropean Biblical Studies

1Practical Implications

Bibliography

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Modern Authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Obamakin, Olabisi Afropean Biblical Studies

ISBN:

9789004764491

OCLC:

1587903434

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004764491 DOI