Maasai Women and the Old Testament: Towards an Emancipatory Reading

ISBN-13: 9781433173493 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 226 str.

Hoyce Lyimo-Mbowe

Opis

Are the popular interpretations of the Bible in Africa improving or downplaying women's status on the continent? This book analyses the reading of some biblical texts in the Maasai context.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - Case Presentation - Research Problem - Aim of the Project - Methodology - Ethical Considerations - Who Are the Maasai? - Research Context -Summary - Bibliography and Reference to Informants - Theoretical Perspectives - Terminology Clarifi cation of Feminist and Womanist - Womanist Hermeneutics - African Womanist Biblical Hermeneutics - Examples of African Women Interpreting the Bible - Action Research - "Reading Other-Wise," "Ordinary Readers," and "Reading With" - The Enkitok Approach - Summary - Bibliography and Reference to Informants - Reading Four Old Testament Texts with Maasai Informants - Maasai Informants Interpreting Genesis 1:27 - Maasai Informants Interpreting 1 Samuel 1:1-28 - Maasai Informants Interpreting Exodus 21:10 and Deuteronomy 21:15-17 - Summary - Bibliography and Reference to Informants - Dialogical Hermeneutics: Critical Analysis of the Interpretation of the Old Testament with the Maasai Informants - Dialogical Analysis of Genesis 1:27 - Dialogical Analysis of 1 Samuel 1 - Dialogical Analysis of Exodus 21:10-11 - Dialogical Analysis of Deuteronomy 21:15-17 - Summary - Bibliography and Reference to Informants - Summary and Concluding Remarks - Bibliography and Reference to Informants - Index.

O autorze

Hoyce Jacob Lyimo-Mbowe is a Tanzanian, currently working in Zambia. She is Executive Director of Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation in Kitwe, Zambia. The present work was written during her time as a postdoctoral fellow at VID Specialized University, Stavanger, Norway, where she was part of VID's Maasai Bible Project.