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Generational Curses in the Pentateuch - An American and Maasai Intercultural Analysis (Hardcover, New edition)
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Generational Curses in the Pentateuch - An American and Maasai Intercultural Analysis (Hardcover, New edition)
Series: Bible and Theology in Africa, 24
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Although the demographics of World Christianity demonstrate a
population shift to the Global South, especially in Sub-Saharan
Africa, the preponderance of biblical scholarship continues to be
dominated by Western scholars in pursuit of their contextual
questions that are influenced by an Enlightenment-oriented
worldview. Unfortunately, nascent methodologies used to bridge this
chasm often continue to marginalize indigenous voices. In
contradistinction, Beth E. Elness-Hanson's research challenges
biblical scholars to engage stronger methods for dialogue with
global voices, as well as encourages Majority World scholars to
share their perspectives with the West. Elness-Hanson's fundamental
question is: How do we more fully understand the "generational
curses" in the Pentateuch? The phrase, "visiting the iniquity of
the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth
generation," appears four times in the Pentateuch: Exod 20:4-6;
Exod 34:6-7; Num 14:18; and Deut 5:8-10. While generational curses
remain prevalent within the Maasai worldview in East Africa, an
Enlightenment-influenced worldview diminishes curses as a
phenomenon. However, fuller understandings develop as we listen and
learn from each other. This research develops a theoretical
framework from Hans-Georg Gadamer's "fusion of horizons" and
applies it through Ellen Herda's anthropological protocol of
"participatory inquiry." The resulting dialogue with Maasai
theologians in Tanzania, builds bridges of understanding across
cultures. Elness-Hanson's intercultural analysis of American and
Maasai interpretations of the Pentateuchal texts on the
generational curses demonstrates that intercultural dialogues
increase understandings, which otherwise are limited by one
worldview.
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