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Narratology and Orality in African Biblical Hermeneutics: Reading the story of Naboth's vineyard and Jehu's revolution in light of Intsomi yamaXhosa [PDF]

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2016
On the issue of methodology, oral literature has been decisive in the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Africa. For instance, Madipoane Masenya (ngwan a Mphahlele) convincingly employed the folktale of the Rabbit and the Lion in her interpretation ...
Ndikho Mtshiselwa
doaj   +2 more sources

THE BIBLE AND WOMEN: BLACK FEMINIST HERMENEUTICS

Scriptura, 2019
The paper focuses on Black feminist hermeneutics. Principles for a feminist hermeneutics are discussed. The situation of Black women in South Africa is discussed.
M. Masenya
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Anything new under the sun of African Biblical Hermeneutics in South African Old Testament Scholarship?: Incarnation, death and resurrection of the Word in Africa

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2015
In this article, two lenses are used to engage the task of African Biblical Hermeneutics. The one lens is derived from African wisdom, i shavha i sia muinga i ya fhi?, in which there is a need for people to affirm their own roots.
Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan'a Mphahlele), Hulisani Ramantswana   +1 more
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Dangling between death and hope: An HIV and AIDS gender-sensitive re-reading of Psalm 6

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2016
The genre of laments (both individual and communal) can be traced historically, even up to today, to periods of crisis. The psalms of lament in the Hebrew Bible point to periods both of national crisis such as wars, exile, and individual crisis, namely ...
Madipoane Masenya (ngwan'a Mphahlele), V. Ndikhokele N. Mtshiselwa   +1 more
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Reading hegemonic masculinities in 2 Samuel 11 in the South African contexts

, 2020
The present essay will engage the concepts of (hegemonic) masculinities as depicted in the actions of David and Uriah in 2 Samuel 11. It is argued that although Uriah’s character in the preceding text occupies a place on the hegemonic masculinities ...
M. Masenya
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Engaging with the book of Ruth as single, African Christian women: One African woman's reflection

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2013
In their quest for knowledge, biblical scholars make the Christian Bible the object of scrutiny, analysis and critique. However, in the African South African context dealt with in this article, the Bible is accessed not only for knowledge, but mainly for
Madipoane Masenya (ngwan'a Mphahlele)
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Professor David Tuesday Adamo’s Biblical Scholarship on Women: Reflections from an African-South African Mosadi

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)
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Amidst tongues tearing apart and lying lips, God of and for the oppressed: Casting an African gaze at Psalm 12

, 2016
If there is any piece of literature that seems to be time-less, allowing each reader from different cultural contexts and time periods to break through it, it is the Psalter.
M. Masenya
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Professor David Tuesday Adamo’s Biblical Scholarship on Women: Reflections from an African-South African Mosadi

Old Testament Essays, 2021
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   +2 more sources

Towards an MIT-Conscious Biblical Studies in South Africa? Glimpsing the Stories of Absent Husbands and Waiting Wives

, 2017
Professor I.J.J. Spangenberg has invested much of his teaching time at universities in the subject of Biblical Studies among others. He is thus aware of the “glorious” days of the subject as well as of the events which led to its downfall.
M. Masenya
semanticscholar   +2 more sources