African Biblical Studies: An Introduction to an Emerging Discipline
African Biblical Studies (ABS) can be characterized both as innovative and reactionary: Innovative, because it refuses to be confined by the methodologies, ancient concerns, and principles that govern biblical studies in the ‘west’ (used throughout this article to refer to the majority Euro-American...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Currents in biblical research
Year: 2017, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 149-178 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
African Theology
/ Biblical studies
/ Exegesis
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
liberation hermeneutics
B Communitarianism B hermeneutics of suspicion B Feminist Hermeneutics B inculturation hermeneutics B Postcolonialism B Bible Translation B African Biblical Studies B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc B AFRICAN cosmology B Hermeneutics B African Biblical Interpretation B African Theology |
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| Summary: | African Biblical Studies (ABS) can be characterized both as innovative and reactionary: Innovative, because it refuses to be confined by the methodologies, ancient concerns, and principles that govern biblical studies in the ‘west’ (used throughout this article to refer to the majority Euro-American scholars while recognizing the presence of other groups), and instead charts a course that is more interested in making biblical interpretation relevant to present realities. Reactionary, because its driving force is partly a critique of the inadequacy of western biblical studies in providing meaningful responses to concerns that are pertinent to African communities. A genuine ABS is therefore an amalgamation of multiple interpretive methods, approaches and foci that reflect a creative engagement of the African cosmological reality and the Bible. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5200 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Currents in biblical research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1476993X16648813 |