Decolonisation – A reading strategy for the African (re-) interpretation of the Old Testament in a (South) African context
The interpretation of the Bible cannot escape being influenced by developments and exposure to the social sciences, hermeneutics, globalisation, and so on. While acknowledging the context of progressive universalisation and the multidimensional pull towards homogenisation, the specificity of the Afr...
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| description | The interpretation of the Bible cannot escape being influenced by developments and exposure to the social sciences, hermeneutics, globalisation, and so on. While acknowledging the context of progressive universalisation and the multidimensional pull towards homogenisation, the specificity of the African context(s) in the ongoing discourse regarding the theological significance of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament texts must be acknowledged. The discourse is about positionality and considers theoretical concerns raised by the social sciences and the notion of cognitive existentialism. In so doing, a reading strategy and agenda for African Bible studies can gradually be more explicitly enunciated. Issues that need to be more overtly considered are the epistemological basis upon which a historical-critical approach can continue to inform the discourse and narrow the distance between the ordinary reader with a focus on life interests and the scholarly reader with a focus on interpretive interests.
Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: Acknowledgment that Bible Interpretation is situated in a context influenced by modernity, and interdisciplinary discourse (science, philosophy, humanities and social sciences) is providing a platform for engaging various readers of the Biblical Text as religious document in the discourse. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cd41cab483e54fec8c62e22644998bbe2022-12-22T00:33:20ZafrAOSISVerbum et Ecclesia1609-99822074-77052022-06-01431e1e1310.4102/ve.v43i1.22211750Decolonisation – A reading strategy for the African (re-) interpretation of the Old Testament in a (South) African contextRudolph de Wet Oosthuizen0Department of Religion, Faculty of Theology, University of Fort Hare, East LondonThe interpretation of the Bible cannot escape being influenced by developments and exposure to the social sciences, hermeneutics, globalisation, and so on. While acknowledging the context of progressive universalisation and the multidimensional pull towards homogenisation, the specificity of the African context(s) in the ongoing discourse regarding the theological significance of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament texts must be acknowledged. The discourse is about positionality and considers theoretical concerns raised by the social sciences and the notion of cognitive existentialism. In so doing, a reading strategy and agenda for African Bible studies can gradually be more explicitly enunciated. Issues that need to be more overtly considered are the epistemological basis upon which a historical-critical approach can continue to inform the discourse and narrow the distance between the ordinary reader with a focus on life interests and the scholarly reader with a focus on interpretive interests. Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: Acknowledgment that Bible Interpretation is situated in a context influenced by modernity, and interdisciplinary discourse (science, philosophy, humanities and social sciences) is providing a platform for engaging various readers of the Biblical Text as religious document in the discourse.https://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/ve/article/view/2221reading strategypositionalitymodernityafrican bible interpretationdecolonisationpost-colonialidentity |
| spellingShingle | Rudolph de Wet Oosthuizen Decolonisation – A reading strategy for the African (re-) interpretation of the Old Testament in a (South) African context Verbum et Ecclesia reading strategy positionality modernity african bible interpretation decolonisation post-colonial identity |
| title | Decolonisation – A reading strategy for the African (re-) interpretation of the Old Testament in a (South) African context |
| title_full | Decolonisation – A reading strategy for the African (re-) interpretation of the Old Testament in a (South) African context |
| title_fullStr | Decolonisation – A reading strategy for the African (re-) interpretation of the Old Testament in a (South) African context |
| title_full_unstemmed | Decolonisation – A reading strategy for the African (re-) interpretation of the Old Testament in a (South) African context |
| title_short | Decolonisation – A reading strategy for the African (re-) interpretation of the Old Testament in a (South) African context |
| title_sort | decolonisation a reading strategy for the african re interpretation of the old testament in a south african context |
| topic | reading strategy positionality modernity african bible interpretation decolonisation post-colonial identity |
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