Interpreting Solomon in colonial and post-colonial Africa
The article analyses two sets of cases of how the Old Testament tradition about King Solomon has been interpreted in Africa. The first set dates back to colonial times and exemplifies how the Solomon tradition was linked to the discovery of Great Zimbabwe, in order to provide a biblical counterpart...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2006
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2006, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 851-862 |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | The article analyses two sets of cases of how the Old Testament tradition about King Solomon has been interpreted in Africa. The first set dates back to colonial times and exemplifies how the Solomon tradition was linked to the discovery of Great Zimbabwe, in order to provide a biblical counterpart to the colonization of Africa. And the second set exemplifies how contemporary historical-critical Old Testament scholarship in Africa still reflects a hermeneutic framework of colonialism. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/EJC85832 |