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Culture in Biblical Interpretation

Old Testament Essays, 2021
African Cultural Hermeneutics is an approach in biblical interpretation that makes African socio-cultural context a subject of interpretation. This article shows how Adamo has deployed effectively Yoruba cultural elements in the development of this ...
Kunle Dada
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Assessing the Mode of Biblical Interpretation in the Light of African Biblical Hermeneutics: The Case of the Mother-Tongue Biblical Interpretation in Ghana

Religions
In 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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Feminist Biblical Interpretation

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
Feminist biblical interpretation is a critical approach that seeks to deconstruct traditional interpretations of scripture that have perpetuated gender-based violence and marginalization.
L. Juliana Claassens
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Review of Frederick Mawusi Amevenku and Isaac Boaheng, “Biblical Exegesis in African Context” [PDF]

E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2023
The book has nine chapters plus an introduction and concluding remarks with a foreword by Daniel Nii Aboagye Aryeh (PhD). Its content can be divided into two thematic parts. The first part, covering chs. 1–5 (pp. 1–42) is described variously as “elements
Michael F. Wandusim
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The role of the Holy Spirit for Church Believers in the Hermeneutic context between Biblical Authority, Illumination and Interpretation

Pharos Journal of Theology, 2022
The Bible emphasizes the role of the Holy Spirit which is so important for Church believers because through it, Church believers can become new creations and offer ministry for their churches.
Moses Wibowo, Jamin Tanhidy, david ming
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The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation

, 2022
This Cambridge Companion offers an up-to-date and accessible guide to the fast-changing discipline of biblical studies. Written by scholars from diverse backgrounds and religious commitments – many of whom are pioneers in their respective fields – the ...

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Preunderstanding, Presuppositions and Biblical Interpretation

Religions, 2022
For contemporary biblical scholars, the recognition that everyone interprets a text through one’s presuppositions and preunderstanding is axiomatic.
Thomas A. Howe
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Global Wesleyan Encyclopedia of Biblical Theology

Theological Librarianship, 2021
This is a review of Robert D. Branson, ed. Global Wesleyan Encyclopedia of Biblical Theology. Kansas City: The Foundry Publishing, 2020. 463 pp. $55.99. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780834138230.
David Carr
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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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The missional church structure and the priesthood of all believers (Ephesians 4:7�16) in the light of the inward and outward function of the church

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2017
The missional church is a new consciousness which has been raised for the missionary sending of the church in the West to be a witness for the Kingdom of God in its own context. The missional church has returned mission to the centre of ecclesiology.
Timothy A. van Aarde
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