Other Ways of Reading <subTitle>African Women and the Bible</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Dube, Musa W.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1964-</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Editor</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">9:2</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Society of Biblical Literature</publisher> <dateIssued>2001</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>254tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustrations</extent> <extent>23 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Rooted in the rich story-telling tradition of Africa, this volume of essays, the first of its kind, highlights the unique approach African women bring to reading and interpreting the Bible in their diverse historical and cultural contexts. Early bible translation and interpretation in Africa was carried out primarily by foreign missionaries and so was deeply influenced by patriarchal and colonial ideologies. The strategies of resistance to these dominant traditions exemplified by the contributors to Other Ways of Reading include examining translations in their own languages and reading from a variety of perspectives. Featured methods include storytelling</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Musa W. Dube Shomanah</note> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Feminist criticism</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Africa, Sub-Saharan</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">220.6082</classification> <classification authority="ddc">D814-M99</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9781589830097, 1589830091</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14192/o.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14192/o.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071334.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>