Foregrounding African Ontology/Epistemology: A Reading of Deuteronomy 23:3 and Ruth 4:18–22 Considering the Nature of God

Deuteronomy 23:3, says: “No … Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord”. This verse is motivated by a discriminatory tendency embedded in the ontology of the Deuteronomist. Interestingly, Deuteronomy 23:3 was used by Ezra-Nehemiah to discriminate against the “Moabites” during the Second Temple. Su...

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Main Author: Ntozakhe Simon Cezula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-01-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/1/125

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