The stolen Bible : : from tool of imperialism to African icon / / by Gerald O. West.
The Stolen Bible tells the story of how Southern Africans have interacted with the Bible from its arrival in Dutch imperial ships in the mid-1600s through to contemporary post-apartheid South Africa. The Stolen Bible emphasises African agency and distinguishes between African receptions of the Bible...
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| Superior document: | Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume 144 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Biblical interpretation series ;
Volume 144. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (636 pages) :; illustrations (some color), maps. |
| Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction: The Distinct Bible
- Prologue: The African Bible
- 1 The Imperial Bible
- 2 The Revealed Bible
- 3 The Dislocated Bible
- 4 The Translated Bible
- 5 The Appropriated Bible
- 6 The Contested Bible
- 7 The Embodied Bible
- 8 The Public Bible
- Epilogue: The Iconic Bible
- Bibliography
- Index of Biblical and Quranic Texts
- Select Subject Index.