Divining the Woman of Endor: African Culture, Postcolonial Hermeneutics, and the Politics of Biblical Translation
Cover -- Title -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Prologue: A Man-Woman of the Disanga Reads the Bible from a Postcolonial Place -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Translating Divination and Crossing the Disanga of Life and the Beyond -- 1. Exploring the Terrain of the Proj...
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Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
Langue: | Anglais |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2017
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Dans: | Année: 2017 |
Collection/Revue: | The Library of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Studies
v.644 |
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Afrique
/ Bibel. Samuel 1. 28,3-25
/ Nécromancie
/ Inculturation
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Classifications IxTheo: | HB Ancien Testament |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Divination in the Bible
B Electronic books B Publication universitaire |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
Print version: Kiboko, J. Kabamba: Divining the Woman of Endor : African Culture, Postcolonial Hermeneutics, and the Politics of Biblical Translation. - London : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,c2017. - 9780567673671 |
Résumé: | Cover -- Title -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Prologue: A Man-Woman of the Disanga Reads the Bible from a Postcolonial Place -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Translating Divination and Crossing the Disanga of Life and the Beyond -- 1. Exploring the Terrain of the Project -- 2. The Textual Streams of the Project -- 3. The Methodological Transports of the Project -- 4. The Riches to Be Gained from the Project -- 5. Charting the Course of the Project -- Chapter 2 Cross-Dressing Method: Translation at the Disanga of Theory -- 1. A Brief Introduction to Biblical Translation Theory, Methods, and Goals -- 2. Understanding the Hebrew Text Through a Bakhtinian Word Study -- 3. Unmasking Ideology in Translation Through Ideological Criticism -- 4. Making an African Feminist Translation through African Contextual/Cultural Hermeneutics and Cross-Cultural Translation Theory -- Chapter 3 Locating a Path Through the Jungle of Divination: Divination, Witchcraft, and Ideology in the Ancient Near East, Europe, and Africa -- 1. Divination and Witchcraft in the Ancient Near East -- 2. Magic, Divination, and Witchcraft in Christian Europe -- 3. Divination and Witchcraft in the Context of the Basanga Way of Life -- Chapter 4 Crossing the Disanga of Life and the Beyond in the Hebrew Bible: A Bakhtinian Word Study of the Language of Divination -- Part I: Terms in Deuteronomy 18:10-11 -- 1. The Ritual of מעביר בנו ובתו באש -- 2. The Diviners: מכשף ,מנחש ,מעונן ,קסם קסמים , and חבר הבר -- a. קסם קסמים -- b. מעונן -- c. מנחש -- d. מכסף -- e. חבר חבר -- 3. A Thaumaturgic Procedure: שאל אוב וידעני -- Part II: The Intermediaries: ,אשת בעלת אוב ,ידעני ,אוב and אלהים and Their Actions -- 1. אוב and ידעני -- 2. דרש אל־המתים -- Part III: A Bonus: חכם and Its Function -- 1. חכם in the Torah -- 2. חכם in Prophetic Material 3. חכם in the Writings -- 4. A Bakhtinian Summary -- Chapter 5 The Literary Context: Reading 1 Samuel 28 Through a Feminist Musanga Contextual/Cultural Lens -- Chapter 6 1 Samuel 28 at the Disanga: Three Inculturated Translations for the African Church -- Chapter 7 Meeting at the Disanga of Divination: Conclusions and Implications -- Epilogue: Lessons Learned at the Disanga -- Bibliography -- Index of References -- Index of Authors |
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ISBN: | 0567673685 |