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Auteur Richard K. Baawobr
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Opening a Narrative Programme / Richard K. Baawobr in Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Volume 30/1 (2007)
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Titre : Opening a Narrative Programme : Luke 4.16-30 and the Black Bagr Narrative Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Richard K. Baawobr, Auteur Année de publication : 2007 Article en page(s) : pp. 29-53. Langues : Anglais (eng) Tags : Narrative criticisme • story • bagr initiation • Dagara • Ghana • discipleship Résumé : Although African culture uses a lot of stories, African scholars rarely use the dynamics of popular stories in biblical interpretation. This article explores this possibility through a narrative analysis of the inaugural discourse of Jesus in Lk. 4.16-30 and an opening story from the bagr initiation rite of the Dagara of Ghana. Both stories are at the beginning of longer narratives and thus influence the rest of the narrative. They have an inbuilt appeal to discipleship and to acting in a certain way. The article identifies the key moments of each story and examines how each story shapes the wider narrative. Dialogue with the anthropologist, Alexis Tengan (2006), exegetes and other writers, allows the relevance and challenges of biblical narrative criticism in Africa and beyond to emerge.
in Journal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 30/1 (2007) . - pp. 29-53.[article] Opening a Narrative Programme : Luke 4.16-30 and the Black Bagr Narrative [texte imprimé] / Richard K. Baawobr, Auteur . - 2007 . - pp. 29-53.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Journal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 30/1 (2007) . - pp. 29-53.
Tags : Narrative criticisme • story • bagr initiation • Dagara • Ghana • discipleship Résumé : Although African culture uses a lot of stories, African scholars rarely use the dynamics of popular stories in biblical interpretation. This article explores this possibility through a narrative analysis of the inaugural discourse of Jesus in Lk. 4.16-30 and an opening story from the bagr initiation rite of the Dagara of Ghana. Both stories are at the beginning of longer narratives and thus influence the rest of the narrative. They have an inbuilt appeal to discipleship and to acting in a certain way. The article identifies the key moments of each story and examines how each story shapes the wider narrative. Dialogue with the anthropologist, Alexis Tengan (2006), exegetes and other writers, allows the relevance and challenges of biblical narrative criticism in Africa and beyond to emerge.