African biblical hermeneutics on the threshold? Appraisal and wayforward [PDF]
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
doaj +2 more sources
African biblical hermeneutics and the Book of Ruth: Some observations [PDF]
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
doaj +2 more sources
What happened to the fig tree? : an empirical study in psychological type and biblical hermeneutics [PDF]
, 2012 The SIFT method of biblical hermeneutics and liturgical preaching has its roots in Jungian psychological type theory and maintains that the reading and interpretation of text is shaped by individual preferences within the perceiving process (sensing and ...
Francis, Leslie J.
core +1 more source
Five loaves and two fishes : an empirical study in psychological type and biblical hermeneutics among Anglican preachers [PDF]
, 2010 The sensing, intuition, feeling and thinking (SIFT) method of biblical hermeneutics and liturgical preaching has its roots in three fields: a theology of individual differences situated within the doctrine of creation, an application of Jungian ...
Leslie J. Francis +2 more
core +1 more source
Old Testament Essays, 2020 One of the prolific writers in the discipline of African Biblical Hermeneutics is the Nigerian Old Testament (OT) scholar, Professor Tuesday David Adamo.
Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan’a Mphahlele)
doaj +1 more source
Life in the eucharistic community : an empirical study in psychological type theory and biblical hermeneutics reading John 6:5–15 [PDF]
, 2014 This study employs psychological type theory to analyse the ways in which a group of 13 newly ordained Anglican priests (in priest’s orders for 3 or 4 months) reflected on the Eucharistic imagery of the Johannine feeding narrative. In the first exercise,
Jones, Susan H., Francis, Leslie J.
core +1 more source
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
doaj +1 more source
Gendered African (biblical) scholarship: An ode to Talitha
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019 Attributed in Christian scripture to Jesus’s very lips, the intriguing Aramaic phrase ‘Talitha, Kum!’ has emerged as an important refrain within gendered African theological scholarship. African women’s experiences in the hands of religion and culture do
Maarman S. Tshehla
doaj +1 more source
African contextual hermeneutics
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2022 Hermeneutics is the science of textual interpretation and comprises a wide range of disciplines, which helps to control subjective influences in the study of the Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures.
Ebele C. Chukwuka
doaj +1 more source
Reading and proclaiming the resurrection : an empirical study in psychological type theory among trainee and experienced preachers employing Mark 16 and Matthew 28 [PDF]
, 2011 The SIFT method of biblical hermeneutics and liturgical preaching has its roots in a theological perspective grounded in the doctrine of creation, in a hermeneutical method grounded in reader perspective, and in a psychological model of individual ...
Leslie J. Francis +3 more
core +1 more source