Jesus on Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage: A Reflection on Matthew 19:3-12 and Mark 10:2-12 from an Akan Perspective [PDF]
Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2023 Marriage, as depicted in both the Old and New Testaments, is considered a sacred institution created by God. However, this sacred institution has been under attack over the centuries and has resulted in a high divorce rate, particularly among Christians.
Ernest Nyarko
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Examining the Translation and the Interpretation of ᾱμπɛλος (ampelos) and κλῆμᾱ (klema) as bobe and ban/mman in the Asante-Twi Bible. [PDF]
Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2021 Jesus used the vine in the last of his “I AM” predictions in the gospel of John. In this discourse, Jesus used the vine which was familiar to his audience for better understanding and appreciation of God’s word. Great work has been done on the analogy
Anthony Yaw Badu
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Christian Faith and Akan Culture in Ghana: A Review of Major Works of Sidney George Williamson [PDF]
Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2021 Christian growth must not only be considered in terms of the growth of numbers. The growth in the church must also be considered in the level of depth and the quality of Christian conversion within a cultural milieu.
Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong
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Πάτερ, ημων ο εν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς (Mt 6:9a) : reading the Lord’s Prayer with insight from Ewe cosmology [PDF]
, 2022 This article seeks to interpret the phrase Πάτερ, ημων ο εν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς in the invocation of the Lord’s Prayer in the light of Ewe-Ghanaian cosmology.
Sakitey, Daniel, Van Eck, Ernest
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The Rhetoric of “Bragoro”: The Philosophy Behind Akan Traditional Concept of Marriage [PDF]
Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2021 This paper discusses the intertextual relationship between the world of Akan Bragoro (puberty rites) song texts and the real world of Akans. The Akan Bragoro song texts are performed during Bragoro celebrations and the song texts define the Akan ...
Peter Arthur, Angelina Mensah
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The Lord’s Prayer and an African predicament – the Ewe-Ghanaian context in focus [PDF]
, 2020 This article seeks to reconstruct the phrase τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον (Mt 6:11; Lk 11:3) in the light of an African predicament with the Ewe-Ghanaian context in focus. The article posits that the various interpretations of the phrase throughout the
Sakitey, Daniel, Van Eck, Ernest
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Footwashing in the Context of 1 Corinthians 11:23-25: Some Theological Reflections
Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2022 There is the tendency to cite Paul’s obvious silence on the rite of foot washing in 1 Corinthians 11:23-25 as evidence of not perpetuating the practice in the Christian Church.
Peter Obeng Manu , Kenneth Oppong
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A Comparative Study of Word Orders in the Law Code of Hammurabi and the Book of Covenant
Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2022 The article examines how words are arranged in twenty-nine laws of the law code of Hammurabi and Exodus 21:2-22:16 through a comparative study to argue that these words are arranged to reflect Babylonian and Israelite theologies.
Babatunde Adekunle Ogunlana
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The Concept of Evil in African Communities: The Case of the Yoruba, Akan and Igbo People [PDF]
Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2021 Traditionally, Africans see themselves as each other’s keeper, and that is the main reason for the concern shown towards each other and the general wellbeing of all in society.
Godfred Adjei Nyarko
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“Higher Righteousness” for Kingdom Living: An Exegetical Analysis of Some Key Terms in Matthew 5: 17-20 [PDF]
Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2020 No biblical text has had greater impact on Christianity than the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). Within this Sermon is Matthew 5:17-20 which forms both the thesis paragraph of the Sermon and the key to appreciating Matthew’s teaching on the ...
Frederick M. Amevenku, Isaac Boaheng
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