Divining the woman of Endor: African culture, postcolonial hermeneutics and the politics of Biblical translation
Prologue: A man-woman from the Disanga reads the Bible from a post-colonial place -- Introduction: Translating divination and crossing the Disanga of life and the beyond -- Cross-dressing method: Translation at the Disanga of theory -- Locating a path through the jungle of divination: Divination, wi...
| Summary: | Prologue: A man-woman from the Disanga reads the Bible from a post-colonial place -- Introduction: Translating divination and crossing the Disanga of life and the beyond -- Cross-dressing method: Translation at the Disanga of theory -- Locating a path through the jungle of divination: Divination, witchcraft, and ideology in the ancient Near East, Europe, and Africa -- Crossing the Disanga of life and beyond in the Hebrew Bible: a Bakhtinian word study of the language of divination -- The literary context: Reading 1 Samuel 28 through a feminist Musanga contextual/cultural Lens -- 1 Samuel 28 at the Disanga: Three inculturated-liberation translations for the African church -- Meeting at the Disanga of divination: Conclusions and implications -- Epilogue: Lessons learned at the Disanga |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0567673677 |