UID:
almahu_9949702873902882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004497108
,
9789004106277
Series Statement:
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
Content:
Although the arrival of the Bible in Africa has often been a tale of terror, the Bible has become an African book. This volume explores the many ways in which Africans have made the Bible their own. The essays in this book offer a glimpse of the rich resources that constitute Africa's engagement with the Bible. Among the topics are: the historical development of biblical interpretation in Africa, the relationship between African biblical scholarship and scholarship in the West, African resources for reading the Bible, the history and role of vernacular translation in particular African contexts, the ambiguity of the Bible in Africa, the power of the Bible as text and symbol, and the intersections between class, race, gender, and culture in African biblical interpretation. The book also contains an extensive bibliography of African biblical scholarship. In fact, it is one of the most comprehensive collections of African biblical scholarship available in print. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.
Additional Edition:
Print version: The Bible in Africa : Transactions, Trajectories, and Trends. Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2000 ISBN 9789004106277
Language:
English
