Twice Called, Thrice Rebuked: Doing African Biblical Scholarship
The article explores how African biblical scholars who offer their scholarship to their local communities are both re-called (called again) and rebuked if their recovery of discordant detail unsettles local understandings of the Bible's sacredness. Topics covered include the deployment of the B...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
[2015]
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| In: |
Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2015, Volume: 134, Issue: 4, Pages: 850-854 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
African Theology
/ Biblical studies
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| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology HA Bible KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Biblical scholars
B Bible B Africans B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc History B History B MBEKI, Thabo, 1942- B Scholars B Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Summary: | The article explores how African biblical scholars who offer their scholarship to their local communities are both re-called (called again) and rebuked if their recovery of discordant detail unsettles local understandings of the Bible's sacredness. Topics covered include the deployment of the Bible by former South African President Thabo Mbeki for specific economic and political purposes, rebukes from African communities and rebukes coming from the academy. |
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| ISSN: | 1934-3876 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15699/jbl.1344.2015.1911 |