'The poor are not us!': an exploration into the transforming possibilities of Old Testament and African proverbs on poverty
The phrase 'the poor are not us' captures the socio-economic transforming framework held by ordinary people in Africa in the challenge of poverty. It is a dynamic paradigm that expresses positive nationalism and promotes a welfare economy to secure life in society. This African heritage ca...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2006
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2006, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 418-428 |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | The phrase 'the poor are not us' captures the socio-economic transforming framework held by ordinary people in Africa in the challenge of poverty. It is a dynamic paradigm that expresses positive nationalism and promotes a welfare economy to secure life in society. This African heritage can be used by readers of the Bible, regardless of status, to work at a meaningful interpretation in the struggle against poverty today. The article presupposes a similar holistic world view of ancient Israel informing the poverty proverbs. It situates the latter in a popular social context thus emphasizing a holistic transforming perspective of poverty proverbs in the Book of Proverbs |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/EJC85804 |
