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Debriefing hermeneutics for a balanced reading of the biblical text
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 In this study, it is argued that the trust of previous (and existing) hermeneutical approaches of promoting ancient biblical texts as applicable to the everyday life of contemporary readers is not only imaginable but also too ambitious.
Mogomme A. Masoga
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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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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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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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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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African Christian Theology and Christology: A Study of the Contributions of Kwame Bediako, John S. Mbiti, Justin Ukpong and Charles Nyamiti [PDF]
E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, 2023 The article discusses the scholarship of Kwame Bediako, John Mbiti, Justin Ukpong and Charles Nyamiti to decipher their contributed to the development of a framework for theology, Christology and biblical scholarship in Africa and the development of the ...
Edward Agboada
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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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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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The promise of attending to literary context for contextual biblical hermeneutics in Africa
Acta Theologica, 2021 For important reasons, African contextual hermeneutics raises the main question: “What does the Scripture mean to us and our community?”. This article asserts that the reader-centred approach tends to allow the voice of the community to ring louder than
D.W. Ellington
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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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