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African Biblical Hermeneutics Considering Ifá Hermeneutic Principles
Religions, 2023 African contextual biblical hermeneutics, practiced mainly among those from the southern hemisphere, is framed by conflicting academic approaches, methods, epistemologies, rationalities, etc.
Moïse Adéniran Adékambi
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Mother Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics within the Context of African Biblical Hermeneutics: It’s Origin, Trends and Challenges [PDF]
Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and TheologyThis study delves into the intricate landscape of Mother Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics within the context of African Biblical Hermeneutics, aiming to unravel its origins, discern trends, and confront challenges.
Richard Osei Akoto
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Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics: A Critical Assessment of the History of an Emerging Approach in African Biblical Studies [PDF]
Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2023 This study investigates the history, proponents, constituting elements, challenges, methodology, and future directions of Mother-tongue Biblical Hermeneutics (MTBH) as an emerging hermeneutical approach in African biblical studies.
Michael F. Wandusim
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ReligionsIn establishing the Christian faith on African soil, the first missionaries to Africa came along with the Bible. They were determined to share the word of God with the indigenous Africans. This was undertaken effectively; however, it came at a cost.
Emmanuel Kojo Ennin Antwi
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Decolonising biblical hermeneutics in the (South) African context
Acta Theologica, 2016 The recognition of social location as a heuristic device in biblical hermeneutics does not necessarily equate to the production of radical and alternative knowledge.
H. Ramantswana
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African biblical hermeneutics on the threshold? Appraisal and wayforward
Acta Theologica, 2016 What appears to be African Biblical Hermeneutics often refers to the geographical location of the authors rather than the content. There always appears to be something new on the horizon, but the colonial umbilical cord prevents a crossing of the ...
M. Speckman
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016 In African biblical scholarship, the concept of inculturation hermeneutics has come to be almost, if not always, linked to the late Professor Justin S. Ukpong, the Nigerian New Testament scholar.
Madipoane Masenya (ngwan’a Mphahlele)
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African biblical hermeneutics and the Book of Ruth: Some observations
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2021 This article investigates interpretations of the Book of Ruth from the point of view of some African scholars. Firstly, an attempt is made to understand what is meant by African biblical hermeneutics (ABH).
Gezina G. de Villiers
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Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics in African Biblical Scholarship: Contributions of J.E.T. Kuwornu-Adjaottor [PDF]
Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and TheologyThe pattern of biblical hermeneutics in Africa was built on Euro-American philosophies, cultures and methodologies until the early 1960s. This necessitated a scholarly call for re-interpretation of the inherited interpretations and translations, as some ...
Ernest Jnr Frimpong +5 more
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Ianna Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2021 Background: Even though the business of biblical interpretation in African perspectives is not as old as Western styled hermeneutics, African biblical hermeneutics is by no means inferior in orientation and context to Western methods of interpretation.
Peter. O. O. Ottuh, Moses Idemudia
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