Biblical Interpretation in African Perspective

by David Tuesday Adamo (Editor)

Overview

Biblical Interpretation in African Perspective examines the history of biblical interpretation in Africa- specifically with interpretation of the passages using African cultural hermeneutics. This work maintains that all these various interpretations of the Bible have their origin in Africa.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761833031
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/27/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

David Tuesday Adamo is Professor and Head of the Department of Religious Studies at Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria. Professor Adamo holds a M.Th. from Southern Methodist University, Ph.D. from Baylor University, and Rel.D. from Indiana Christian University. He is also author of African and Africans in the New Testament and Africa and Africans in the Old Testament also from University Press of America.

Editorial Reviews

This collection of essays provides an important apologetic for African biblical scholarship, and will appeal especially to those who are convinced of the importance of African biblical scholarship and its need to be taken seriously.

Mission Studies