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Proverbs and the African Tree of Life
Dorothy BEA Akoto-Abutiate
其他書名
Grafting Biblical Proverbs on to Ghanaian Eʋe Folk Proverbs
出版BRILL, 2014-08-07
主題Religion / Christian Theology / GeneralReligion / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics
ISBN90042744729789004274471
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=gguJBAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In Proverbs and the African Tree of Life Dorothy BEA Akoto-Abutiate juxtaposes chosen sayings from Proverbs and selected Ewe 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 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.