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Author:   Tobias Marevesa ,  Nyasha Madzokere ,  Lovemore Togarasei ,  Billy Meyer
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   2024 ed.
ISBN:  

9783031541674

ISBN 10:   3031541677
Pages:   402
Publication Date:   11 August 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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01: Introduction: Ex Africa aliquid semper novi.- Part One: Looking back and Looking Forward. New Thoughts on Decolonial theory in Africa.- 02: Decolonising Biblical Studies in Africa: Re-thinking the possibilities, opportunities and challenges.- 03: Biblical Hermeneutics of Liberation in the South African Context From a ‘suspicious interpreter’ to a ‘suspicious text’.- 04: Autonomy and the challenges of interpreting the Decolonial African Bible.- 05: Postcolonial Paul in Africa?.- 06: Liberation through language: Kaaps-speakers, Bible translation, and identity creation.- Part Two: Voices from Africa.- 07: Seeking Covenantal Justice, Reading Jonah and Malachi with African Christians.- 08: Righteous Rage and the Politics of Subsistence Economies: A Socio-Economic Reading of the Books of Amos and Micah from an African Perspective.- 09: Africanizing Divine Revelation through History-Telling: Joshua 23-24 as a Hermeneutic Template.- 10: A Pie in the Sky or Bread on Earth?: The Lord’s Prayer in Q and Africa Today.- Part Three: Emerging Voices from Zimbabwe.- 11: Propaganda Hermeneutics of the Bible: Emerging Trends of the Interpretation of the Bible in Zimbabwe.- 12: Examining Proverbs 6:6-11 and Selected Shona Proverbs from African Biblical hermeneutics.- 13: Spare the rod and spoil the child (Proverbs 13:24): Cultural Hermeneutical Contestations on Childhood Maltreatment in Zimbabwe.- 14: Interpreting the book of Amos: A contemporary African biblical hermeneutical perspective.- 15: Re-reading Luke 4:18-19 through the lenses of the subaltern in Zimbabwe.- 16: An evaluation of the biblical interpretation in an African context in light of 2 Peter 1:20-21.- 17: Pauline Christianity, Forefathers and Pure Conscience: A postcolonial reading of 2 Timothy 1:3 from a Zimbabwean context.- 18: Blackening the Bible in the Church of Christ in Zimbabwe: A Liberated and Liberating Interpretation of the Bible in Contemporary Restoration Churches.- 19: Conclusion: The Past and Futureof African scholars’ contribution to biblical interpretation.

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Tobias Marevesa is a New Testament Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, under the Joshua Nkomo School of Arts and Humanities at the Great Zimbabwe University where he teaches New Testament Studies and New Testament Greek. Nyasha Madzokere is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Great Zimbabwe University in Masvingo, Zimbabwe Lovemore Togarasei is a Professor of New Testament Studies and Programme Leader at the Zimbabwe Open University Billy Meyer is Senior Lecturer Biblical Studies School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics University of KwaZulu Natal

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