Interpreting Solomon in colonial and post-colonial Africa
The article analyses two sets of cases of how the Old Testament tradition about King Solomon has been interpreted in Africa. The first set dates back to colonial times and exemplifies how the Solomon tradition was linked to the discovery of Great Zimbabwe, in order to provide a biblical counterpart...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2006, Volume: N.S.19, Issue: 3, Pages: 851-862 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Solomon Israel, King
/ Reception
/ African Theology
B Old Testament / Reception |
| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology HA Bible HB Old Testament KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Historical criticism
B Colonialism B Africa B Solomon Israel, King |
| Summary: | The article analyses two sets of cases of how the Old Testament tradition about King Solomon has been interpreted in Africa. The first set dates back to colonial times and exemplifies how the Solomon tradition was linked to the discovery of Great Zimbabwe, in order to provide a biblical counterpart to the colonization of Africa. And the second set exemplifies how contemporary historical-critical Old Testament scholarship in Africa still reflects a hermeneutic framework of colonialism |
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| ISSN: | 1010-9919 |
| Contains: | In: Old Testament essays
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