Isbn: 9789004166561 - african and european readers of the bible in dialogue: in quest of a shared meaning (studies of religion in africa) (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: New. xiv, 433 pages, illustrations : 24 cm. Summary:Far too long, the relationship between European and African biblical scholarship has been a non-relationship. Divergent insights into how biblical texts should be interpreted and made fruitful for the current context, cultural differences, colonial past and post-colonial future, radically different social situations - this all made companionship and real interaction difficult. This rich and multilayered volume (result of a Stellenbosch conference 2006) attempts to disclose new modes of dialogue between readers of the Bible from those two worlds. CONTENTS: pt. 1. The debate : an hermeneutical overview pt. 2. Methodological insights pt. 3. Exegesis and context pt. 4. Hermeneutics and context.…