S23-303 African Biblical Hermeneutics

11/23/2015 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM

Room: A602 (Atrium Level) - Marriott

Theme: Narratology and Orality in African Biblical Hermeneutics

Gilbert Ojwang, Oakwood University, Presiding

Berekiah Olugbemiro, University of Ibadan
Cross-Cultural Intertextuality, Orality, and an Indigenous African Provenance of Gen 8:6-17 (25 min)

Ndikho Mtshiselwa, University of South Africa
Narratology and Orality in African Biblical Hermeneutics: Reading the story of Naboth’s Vineyard and Jehu’s Revolution in light of Intsomi yamaXhosa (25 min)

Funlola O. Olojede, University of South Africa
Oral Tradition and the Fusion of Prose and Poetry in the Sea Event: An African Feminist Reading (25 min)

Huli Ramantswana, University of South Africa
Beware of the (Westernized) African Eyes: Decolonizing Biblical Hermeneutics in Africa (35 min)

Discussion (25 min)