The institutional context of Old Testament scholarship in Africa

In recent years several universities and theological seminaries throughout sub Saharan Africa have developed postgraduate programmes that encourage research related to the Old Testament. The article comments on two aspects of the institutional context of this research. First, with regard to official...

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Autor principal: Holter, Knut 1958- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 1998
En: Old Testament essays
Año: 1998, Volumen: 11, Número: 3, Páginas: 452-461
Otras palabras clave:B Bible-study
B African Universities
B Africa
B Old Testament research
B Christianity
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Sumario:In recent years several universities and theological seminaries throughout sub Saharan Africa have developed postgraduate programmes that encourage research related to the Old Testament. The article comments on two aspects of the institutional context of this research. First, with regard to official education and research policy, the first decades of independence challenged African universities and seminaries to contextualise their scholarly approaches and emphasise the question of relevance. And secondly, with regard to infrastructure and economic resources, a general under-funding of the universities and seminaries makes interaction with non-African scholarship difficult.
ISSN:2312-3621
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
Persistent identifiers:HDL: 10520/AJA10109919_780