African and European readers of the Bible in dialogue : in quest of a shared meaning /
African and European readers of the Bible in dialogue : in quest of a shared meaning /
edited by Hans de Wit and Gerald O. West.
- 1 online resource.
- Brill eBook titles 2008 .
- Studies of Religion in Africa 32. Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2008, ISBN: 9789004223080. .
Result of a conference held in Stellenbosch, South Africa in January 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Materials / Chapter One. Exegesis And Contextuality: Happy Marriage, Divorce Or Living (Apart) Together? / Being “Apart” And “Together” At The Same Time? A Response To Hans De Wit / Chapter Two. Interrogating The Comparative Paradigm In African Biblical Scholarship / Is There More Truth In This Picture? A Response To Gerald West / Chapter Three. Does A Dialogue Between Africa And Europe Make Sense? / Creating A Liminal Space Of Communality A Response To Knut Holter / Chapter Four. Key Concepts In The Dialogue Between African And European Biblical Scholars / Chapter Five. Living In Different Worlds Simultaneously Or: A Plea For Contextual Integrity / Doing Justice To The Text A Response To Louis Jonker / Chapter Six. The Role Of ‘The Other’ In The Reading Of The Bible: Towards A New Roadmap For Bible Reading In The Western World / Confrontation With The African ‘Other’ A Response To Kune Biezeveld / Chapter Seven. Collaborative And Interactive Hermeneutics In Africa: Giving Dialogical Privilege In Biblical Interpretation / Sitting Humbly At The Feet Of The Elders A Response To Eric Anum / Chapter Eight. Sanctioning Samson: Do Old Testament Stories About Violence Make Sense Today? Some Answers From The Perspective Of Redaction Criticism And History Of Research / An Unending Process A Response To Klaas Spronk / Chapter Nine. Quo Vadis, Feminist Scholarship? Reflections From The Threshold Between African And European Biblical Exegesis / No Method Is A Guarantee For Any Outcome A Response To Frances Klopper / Chapter Ten. Jeremiah 32: A Future And Its History—Actualisation In Writing And Reading / Contesting Exegesis A Response To Eep Talstra And Reinoud Oosting / Chapter Eleven. Reconfiguring Jezebel: A Postcolonial Imbokodo1 Reading Of The Story Of Naboth’S Vineyard (I Kings 21:1–16) / Interpretation And Social Transformation A Response To Makhosazana K. Nzimande / Chapter Twelve. Unmasking The Seven Veils: From Narrative Plot To Transformative Power In Biblical Hermeneutics / A ‘Seeing’ That Involves Transformation A Response To Gerrit Van Ek / Chapter Thirteen. Reading The Bible Amidst The Hiv And Aids Pandemic In Botswana / Why For Naaman And This Woman, And Not For Me? A Response To Mmapula Lefa / Chapter Fourteen. Africa And The Future Of Our Scholarly Past / Exegetes Are Translators A Response To Jurie Le Roux / Chapter Fifteen. Can The Church Fathers Help Us To Develop A Better Approach To The Actualisation Of Scripture? / G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Hans De Wit -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Gerald West -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Knut Holter -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Hans Snoek -- Louis Jonker -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Kune Biezeveld -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Eric Anum -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Klaas Spronk -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Frances Klopper -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Eep Talstra and Reinoud Oosting -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Makhosazana K. Nzimande -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Gerrit Van Ek -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Mmapula Lefa -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Jury H Le Roux -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Paul B. Decock.
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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. More than twenty theologians from Africa and Europe reflect together on how readers from radically different contexts – professional and ordinary alike –, may become allies in an ethically accountable way of relating the biblical text to their current (global) situations and how a process of mutual learning may be established. This book provides important insights in intercultural hermeneutics, the relationship between classical historico-literary approaches and new forms of interpretation. It also gives examples of new forms of how to read the Bible in the secularised European context and the HIV/Aids stricken Africa. Particularly enriching is that every contribution is followed by a personal letter of response of another contributor to the book, giving impulses for further dialogue and debate. The book is useful for all biblical scholars and students, in particular for those interested in how to do contextual exegesis in a manner that also takes into account the context of the other.
9789047442400
10.1163/ej.9789004166561.i-434 DOI
2008014810
GBA862328 bnb
014602580 Uk
Bibel.
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Africa--Congresses.
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Europe--Congresses.
Hermeneutik.
Theology--Africa--Congresses.
Theology--Europe--Congresses.
Afrika.
Europa.
Stellenbosch <2006>
BS511.3 / .A37 2008
220.6096
Result of a conference held in Stellenbosch, South Africa in January 2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Materials / Chapter One. Exegesis And Contextuality: Happy Marriage, Divorce Or Living (Apart) Together? / Being “Apart” And “Together” At The Same Time? A Response To Hans De Wit / Chapter Two. Interrogating The Comparative Paradigm In African Biblical Scholarship / Is There More Truth In This Picture? A Response To Gerald West / Chapter Three. Does A Dialogue Between Africa And Europe Make Sense? / Creating A Liminal Space Of Communality A Response To Knut Holter / Chapter Four. Key Concepts In The Dialogue Between African And European Biblical Scholars / Chapter Five. Living In Different Worlds Simultaneously Or: A Plea For Contextual Integrity / Doing Justice To The Text A Response To Louis Jonker / Chapter Six. The Role Of ‘The Other’ In The Reading Of The Bible: Towards A New Roadmap For Bible Reading In The Western World / Confrontation With The African ‘Other’ A Response To Kune Biezeveld / Chapter Seven. Collaborative And Interactive Hermeneutics In Africa: Giving Dialogical Privilege In Biblical Interpretation / Sitting Humbly At The Feet Of The Elders A Response To Eric Anum / Chapter Eight. Sanctioning Samson: Do Old Testament Stories About Violence Make Sense Today? Some Answers From The Perspective Of Redaction Criticism And History Of Research / An Unending Process A Response To Klaas Spronk / Chapter Nine. Quo Vadis, Feminist Scholarship? Reflections From The Threshold Between African And European Biblical Exegesis / No Method Is A Guarantee For Any Outcome A Response To Frances Klopper / Chapter Ten. Jeremiah 32: A Future And Its History—Actualisation In Writing And Reading / Contesting Exegesis A Response To Eep Talstra And Reinoud Oosting / Chapter Eleven. Reconfiguring Jezebel: A Postcolonial Imbokodo1 Reading Of The Story Of Naboth’S Vineyard (I Kings 21:1–16) / Interpretation And Social Transformation A Response To Makhosazana K. Nzimande / Chapter Twelve. Unmasking The Seven Veils: From Narrative Plot To Transformative Power In Biblical Hermeneutics / A ‘Seeing’ That Involves Transformation A Response To Gerrit Van Ek / Chapter Thirteen. Reading The Bible Amidst The Hiv And Aids Pandemic In Botswana / Why For Naaman And This Woman, And Not For Me? A Response To Mmapula Lefa / Chapter Fourteen. Africa And The Future Of Our Scholarly Past / Exegetes Are Translators A Response To Jurie Le Roux / Chapter Fifteen. Can The Church Fathers Help Us To Develop A Better Approach To The Actualisation Of Scripture? / G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Hans De Wit -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Gerald West -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Knut Holter -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Hans Snoek -- Louis Jonker -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Kune Biezeveld -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Eric Anum -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Klaas Spronk -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Frances Klopper -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Eep Talstra and Reinoud Oosting -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Makhosazana K. Nzimande -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Gerrit Van Ek -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Mmapula Lefa -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Jury H Le Roux -- G. O. West and Hans De Wit -- Paul B. Decock.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
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. More than twenty theologians from Africa and Europe reflect together on how readers from radically different contexts – professional and ordinary alike –, may become allies in an ethically accountable way of relating the biblical text to their current (global) situations and how a process of mutual learning may be established. This book provides important insights in intercultural hermeneutics, the relationship between classical historico-literary approaches and new forms of interpretation. It also gives examples of new forms of how to read the Bible in the secularised European context and the HIV/Aids stricken Africa. Particularly enriching is that every contribution is followed by a personal letter of response of another contributor to the book, giving impulses for further dialogue and debate. The book is useful for all biblical scholars and students, in particular for those interested in how to do contextual exegesis in a manner that also takes into account the context of the other.
9789047442400
10.1163/ej.9789004166561.i-434 DOI
2008014810
GBA862328 bnb
014602580 Uk
Bibel.
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Africa--Congresses.
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Europe--Congresses.
Hermeneutik.
Theology--Africa--Congresses.
Theology--Europe--Congresses.
Afrika.
Europa.
Stellenbosch <2006>
BS511.3 / .A37 2008
220.6096