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Zusatztext This is an important and stimulating book that raises important questions about the privileging of white Western modes of thought in Biblical Studies. Its accessible style makes it suitable for undergraduate and seminary courses on biblical interpretation and the content will provoke discussion and debate. Informationen zum Autor Johanna Stiebert is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Leeds, UK. Musa Dube is affiliated to the University of Botswana and member of the Society of Biblical Literature. Vorwort What can institutions in the UK and southern Africa learn from one another? This compilation presents a dialogue between academics from major institutions for biblical studies in the UK and southern African states. Zusammenfassung There has rarely been an effort to address the missing dialogue between British and African scholars, including in regard to the role of British missionaries during the introduction ofthe Bible and Christianity to many parts of Africa. To break this silence, Musa W. Dube and Johanna Stiebert collect expressions from both emerging and established biblical scholars in the United Kingdom and (predominantly) southern African states.Divided into three sets of papers, these contributions range from the injustices of colonialism to postcolonial critical readings of texts, suppression and appropriation; each section complete with a responding essay. Questioning how well UK students understand Africancentred and generated approaches of biblical criticism, whether African scholars consider UK-centric criticism valid, and how accurately the western canon represents current UK based scholarship, these essays illustrate the trends and challenges faced in biblical studies in the two centres of study, and discusses how these questions are better answered with dialogue, rather than in isolation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Abstracts Contributors Foreword, by Vincent Wimbush, Founding Director of the Institute for Signifying Scriptures, USA Introduction, by Musa W. Dube, University of Botswana, Botswana and Johanna Stiebert, University of Leeds, UK Border Crossing in Diasporic Academic Space, by Musa W. Dube, University of Botswana, Botswana Of Borders, Crossings, Colours and Botswana , by Johanna Stiebert, University of Leeds, UK Part I Paddling the Bellowing Waters Away From the Margins: African Perspectives of Proverbs 31, by Mmapula D. Kebaneilwe, University of Botswana, Botswana White is Purity: Christian Imagery, Popular Culture and the Construction of Whiteness, by Katie Edwards, University of Sheffield, UK Between Resisting White and Reflecting Black: A Hong Kong Resident’s Response and Perspective, by Nancy N. H. Tan, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Part II Empire and Identity Secrecy: A Postcolonial Reflection on Esther 2.10, by Tsaurayi K. Mapfeka, King's College London, UK ‘My Words Dropped Upon Them Like Dew’: Toward Reimaging the Identity of African Biblical Interpreters, by Mark S. Aidoo, Trinity Theological Seminary, Ghan...
