A Maasai encounter with the Bible: nomadic lifestyle as a hermeneutical question
"The research presented in this book is a critical analysis of how Maasai informants read some selected Old Testament texts that are thought to have an appeal to people with semi/nomadic ways of life. The Maasai is a Nilotic ethnic group of semi/nomadic pastoralists living in the northern Tanza...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Peter Lang
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | Bible and theology in Africa
vol. 30 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Massai
/ Nomad
/ Traditional culture
/ Social culture
/ Old Testament
/ Socio-historical exegesis
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| Further subjects: | B
Maasai (African people)
Religion
B Africa, East Social life and customs B Pastoral systems (Africa, East) B Maasai (African people) Social life and customs B Bible. Old Testament Hermeneutics B Pastoral systems Biblical teaching B Sociology, Biblical B Thesis |
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| Summary: | "The research presented in this book is a critical analysis of how Maasai informants read some selected Old Testament texts that are thought to have an appeal to people with semi/nomadic ways of life. The Maasai is a Nilotic ethnic group of semi/nomadic pastoralists living in the northern Tanzania, and southern Kenya, East Africa. The book focuses on the parallels between the Maasai and biblical concepts of nomadic lifestyle. On the one hand, the semi/nomadic heritage of the Maasai faces severe cultural and political difficulties when encountering East African modern ways of life. On the other, the ancient Israel actually experienced the opposite, seeing a strengthening of semi/nomadic ways of life. Therefore, the book demonstrates the potentials of the supposed parallels between the two by allowing the experiences of the ancient Israel to contribute to strengthen the semi/nomadic ways of life, a key aspect of traditional Maasai values into the contemporary East African context"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1433173689 |