Western interpretations of poverty proverbs in the Old Testament Book of Proverbs have tended to see a status quo acceptance in the ancient texts, thus neglecting existential challenges of the poverty issue. In contrast, Lechion Peter Kimilike argues that African proverbial material on poverty may when used comparatively to interpret the corresponding Old Testament poverty proverbs create a more dynamic analysis. The author s new and thought-provoking interpretation suggests -an African transformational hermeneutic- that balances between the questions and methodology of the -global i.e.,...

Biblical Representations of Moab: A Kenyan Postcolonial Reading employs critical theories on colonial, anticolonial, and postcolonial ethnicity and African cultural hermeneutics to examine the overlap of politics, ethnicity, nationality, economics, and religion in contemporary Kenya and to utilize those critical tools to illuminate the Hebrew Bible narratives concerning the Moabites.
This book can be used by teachers and students of contemporary methods in Hebrew Bible studies, postcolonial studies, Africana studies, African biblical hermeneutics, political science, gender...

This book argues that when re-read from an African liberationist perspective and in the context of the land redistribution and socio-economic justice discourse, Leviticus 25:8-55 can contribute positively to the redress of inequality and consequently to poverty alleviation in South Africa.

This book pursues an intercultural analysis of American and Maasai interpretations of the Pentateuchal texts on the generational curses. It demonstrates that intercultural dialogues increase understandings, which otherwise are limited by one worldview.

Drawing on Asante anthropology, Human Creation in the Image of God examines the Christian understanding of imago dei.