Research Catalog

Title

Yahweh in Africa : essays on Africa and the Old Testament / Knut Holter.

Author

Holter, Knut, 1958-

Publication

New York : P. Lang, 2000.

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Description

viii, 162 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"The present essay collection presents and analyses different aspects of the Old Testament readings in Africa. In particular, their socio-intellectual context is emphasized, and it is argued that Western Old Testament scholarship would benefit from acquainting itself with African readings of the Old Testament."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Bible and theology in Africa ; vol. 1

Uniform Title

Bible and theology in Africa ; v. 1.

Subjects

• Bible > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Cushites
• Bible > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc > Africa, Sub-Saharan
• Blacks in the Bible

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-148) and index.

Contents

1. Old Testament Scholarship in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 2. It's Not Only a Question of Money! African Old Testament Scholarship between the Myths and Meanings of the South and the Money and Methods of the North -- 3. The Institutional Context of Old Testament Scholarship in Africa -- 4. Popular and Academic Contexts for Biblical Interpretation in Africa -- 5. Ancient Israel and Modern Nigeria: Some Remarks from the Sidelines on the Socio-critical Aspect of Nigerian Old Testament Scholarship -- 6. Relating Africa and the Old Testament on the Polygamy Issue -- 7. Africa in the Old Testament -- 8. Should Old Testament Cush Be Rendered 'Africa'? -- 9. Is Israel Worth More to God than Cush? An Interpretation of Amos 9:7.

ISBN

0820449342 (alk. paper)

LCCN

99054310

OCLC

• 42772411
• ocm42772411
• SCSB-3902675

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries