Proverbs and the African tree of life
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In Proverbs and the African Tree of Life Dorothy BEA Akoto-Abutitate juxtaposes chosen sayings from Proverbs and selected Eue Folk proverbs using the agricultural metaphor of "grafting", which she calls a "hermeneutic of grafting". Though these two sets of sayings come from completely different cultural contexts, Akoto-Abutitate argues that folk sayings/proverbs, which abound in Africa, should be considered as an already mature, established tree on to which a piece of the biblical tree is spliced or engrafted to produce hybridized fruits that have uniquely different tastes than the fruits of each tree individually. This metaphorical grafting process allows the message of the Bible (in Proverbs) to be understood, imbibed and appropriated in Africa. (Publisher).
Book details
- Year
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Series
- Studies in systematic theology -- Volume 16
- Publisher
- Brill
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 202
- ISBN
- 9789004274402
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