Proverbs and the African tree of life : : grafting Biblical proverbs on to Ghanaian Eve folk proverbs /

Proverbs and the African tree of life : : grafting Biblical proverbs on to Ghanaian Eve folk proverbs / / Dorothy BEA Akoto-Abutiate.

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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 cultu...

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Superior document:Studies in Systematic Theology, Volume 16
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Akoto-Abutiate, Dorothy BEA,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Studies in systematic theology (Leiden, Netherlands) ;
Physical Description:1 online resource (214 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • The Eve-Speaking Peoples
  • The Virtues of “Prudence” and “Sociability” in Eve Folk Proverbs
  • ‘Grafting’ Israel’s ‘Shoots’-Sayings from Proverbs 25–29
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • Index of Modern Authors
  • Index of Subjects.

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