RT Book T1 Divining the woman of Endor: African culture, postcolonial hermeneutics and the politics of Biblical translation T2 Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies Old Testament studies JF Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies A1 Kiboko, J. Kabamba LA English PP London Oxford New York PB Bloomsbury International Clark YR 2017 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1623851777 AB Prologue: A man-woman from the Disanga reads the Bible from a post-colonial place -- Introduction: Translating divination and crossing the Disanga of life and the beyond -- Cross-dressing method: Translation at the Disanga of theory -- Locating a path through the jungle of divination: Divination, witchcraft, and ideology in the ancient Near East, Europe, and Africa -- Crossing the Disanga of life and beyond in the Hebrew Bible: a Bakhtinian word study of the language of divination -- The literary context: Reading 1 Samuel 28 through a feminist Musanga contextual/cultural Lens -- 1 Samuel 28 at the Disanga: Three inculturated-liberation translations for the African church -- Meeting at the Disanga of divination: Conclusions and implications -- Epilogue: Lessons learned at the Disanga NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN BS1352.52 SN 0567673677 SN 9780567673671 K1 Witch of Endor K1 Bakhtin, M. M. 1895-1975 : Bakhtin, M. M. 1895-1975 : Witch of Endor K1 Witch of Endor : (Biblical figure) K1 Bakhtin, M. M : (Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich) : 1895-1975 K1 Bible : Criticism, interpretation, etc : Congo (Democratic Republic) K1 Bible : Black interpretations K1 Bible : Hermeneutics : Bible K1 Bible : Samuel, 1st : Criticism, interpretation, etc : Congo (Democratic Republic) K1 Bible : Samuel, 1st : Black interpretations K1 Bible : Samuel, 1st : Hermeneutics K1 Divination in the Bible K1 Black interpretations K1 Hermeneutics : Congo (Democratic Republic) : Criticism, interpretation, etc K1 Hochschulschrift