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Generational Curses in the Pentateuch: Bible and Theology in Africa

Autor Beth E. Elness-Hanson
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 oct 2017
Although the demographics of World Christianity demonstrate a population shift to the Global South, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, the preponderance of biblical scholarship continues to be dominated by Western scholars in pursuit of their contextual questions that are influenced by an Enlightenment-oriented worldview. Unfortunately, nascent methodologies used to bridge this chasm often continue to marginalize indigenous voices. In contradistinction, Beth E. Elness-Hanson¿s research challenges biblical scholars to engage stronger methods for dialogue with global voices, as well as encourages Majority World scholars to share their perspectives with the West. Elness-Hanson¿s fundamental question is: How do we more fully understand the ¿generational curses¿ in the Pentateuch? The phrase, ¿visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation,¿ appears four times in the Pentateuch: Exod 20:4¿6; Exod 34:6¿7; Num 14:18; and Deut 5:8¿10. While generational curses remain prevalent within the Maasai worldview in East Africa, an Enlightenment-influenced worldview diminishes curses as a phenomenon. However, fuller understandings develop as we listen and learn from each other. This research develops a theoretical framework from Hans-Georg Gadamer¿s ¿fusion of horizons¿ and applies it through Ellen Herdäs anthropological protocol of ¿participatory inquiry.¿ The resulting dialogue with Maasai theologians in Tanzania, builds bridges of understanding across cultures. Elness-Hanson¿s intercultural analysis of American and Maasai interpretations of the Pentateuchal texts on the generational curses demonstrates that intercultural dialogues increase understandings, which otherwise are limited by one worldview.
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ISBN-13: 9781433141218
ISBN-10: 1433141213
Pagini: 292
Dimensiuni: 154 x 228 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: Peter Lang Copyright AG
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Notă biografică

Beth E. Elness-Hanson (Ph.D., VID Specialized University, Stavanger, Norway) is Lecturer in Old Testament at Johannelunds Teologiska Högskola in Uppsala, Sweden, an institution with over 150 years of relationships within East Africa.

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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.