Bible, interpretation, and context: reading meaning from an African perspective
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Exploring the Prospect of Biblical Hermeneutics -- Catholic Interpretation of Scripture -- Where Shall Wisdom Be Found? (Job 28:12) -- Paul and Early Christianity in Teaching and Ministry -- Context and Biblical Hermeneutics -- African Femini...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Lanham
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Bible, interpretation, and context : reading meaning from an African perspective] (2025) (Mbuvi, Andrew Mũtũa)
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
African Theology
B Hermeneutics / Bible |
| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Bible-Criticism, interpretation, etc B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc (Africa, Sub-Saharan) |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Exploring the Prospect of Biblical Hermeneutics -- Catholic Interpretation of Scripture -- Where Shall Wisdom Be Found? (Job 28:12) -- Paul and Early Christianity in Teaching and Ministry -- Context and Biblical Hermeneutics -- African Feminist Approaches to the Bible -- God, Women, and Point of View in the Abraham and Jacob Narratives -- Reading Pentateuchal Ancestral Narratives in the Context of Community Identity in Africa -- Hearing and Reading the "Rebuilding" Voice of the Prophet Haggai (1:1 - 11) in the Context of African Christianity -- Tobit's Almsgiving as a Model of Missionary Availability -- Earth, Cosmology, and Context in the Book of Revelation -- Conclusion -- James Chukwuma Okoye, CSSp, Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors. This book is an interpretation of biblical narratives from an African context and insists that meaning is found in the context of the African reader. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (199 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-9787-1540-0 |