Narratology and Orality in African Biblical Hermeneutics
Reading the story of Naboth's vineyard and Jehu's revolution in light of Intsomi yamaXhosa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12856433 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ndikho Mtshiselwa (0000-0002-2111-4563, University of South Africa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Verbum et Ecclesia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1609-9982 • E-ISSN: 2074-7705 |
| Publisher | AOSIS (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.4102/ve.v37i1.1563 |
| OpenAlex | W2556839879 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
On the issue of methodology, oral literature has been decisive in the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Africa. For instance, Madipoane Masenya (ngwan a Mphahlele) convincingly employed the folktale of the Rabbit and the Lion in her interpretation of the Bible. That Narratology and Orality in African Biblical Hermeneutics is a rarely researched area within biblical scholarship provides room for further studies in this area. This article argues that the reading of the Deuteronomistic story of Naboth s vineyard and Jehu s revolution in the light of Intsomi yamaXhosa [the folktale of the Xhosa people] illustrates how biblical interpretation in Africa could be informed by Orality and Narratology. This article examines the light that the socio-economic function of the story of Naboth s vineyard and Jehu s revolution would throw on the function of the folktale of Intsimi yeenyamakazana, and vice versa. Furthermore, the present article probes the socio-economic implications that can be drawn from biblical and Xhosa Orality and Narratology for post-apartheid South Africa.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article draws on the indigenous knowledge system, namely Xhosa Narratology and Orality, to interpret Old Testament texts with a view to offering liberating socio-economic possibilities for poor black people in South Africa
Art · Biblical criticism · Biblical studies · Hebrew Bible · Hermeneutics · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literacy · Literature · Narrative · Narratology · Old Testament · Orality · Sociology · Theology · Xhosa · African cultural and philosophical studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Christian Theology and Mission · History · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |