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Hearing the Politics of Peace in Ephesians / Gosnell L. Yorke in Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Volume 30/1 (2007)
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Titre : Hearing the Politics of Peace in Ephesians : A Proposal from an African Postcolonial Perspective Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Gosnell L. Yorke, Auteur Année de publication : 2007 Article en page(s) : pp. 113-127. Langues : Anglais (eng) Tags : African • Ephesians • peace • political • postcolonial • renaissance Résumé : One hears much these days about the African renaissance at the heart of which is the persistent call for a development-enhancing and durable peace in what is still a largely marginalized continent. Here it is proposed that an oral, rhetorical and epistolary analysis of the theme of peace (' ) in Ephesians, against the backdrop of a contemporary postcolonial and predominantly African oral environment in which the Bible is currently being translated, predisposes us to hear and, perhaps, better appreciate the political ring of peace (' ). This allows us to hear not only an echo of when rightly understood against the backdrop of the Hebrew Scriptures and traditions, but also acoustic resonances of the Pax Romana or Pax Augusti within the more immediate Graeco-Roman environment as well—one within which the original and mostly marginalized listeners to the orally performed epistle were themselves situated.
in Journal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 30/1 (2007) . - pp. 113-127.[article] Hearing the Politics of Peace in Ephesians : A Proposal from an African Postcolonial Perspective [texte imprimé] / Gosnell L. Yorke, Auteur . - 2007 . - pp. 113-127.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
in Journal for the Study of the New Testament > Volume 30/1 (2007) . - pp. 113-127.
Tags : African • Ephesians • peace • political • postcolonial • renaissance Résumé : One hears much these days about the African renaissance at the heart of which is the persistent call for a development-enhancing and durable peace in what is still a largely marginalized continent. Here it is proposed that an oral, rhetorical and epistolary analysis of the theme of peace (' ) in Ephesians, against the backdrop of a contemporary postcolonial and predominantly African oral environment in which the Bible is currently being translated, predisposes us to hear and, perhaps, better appreciate the political ring of peace (' ). This allows us to hear not only an echo of when rightly understood against the backdrop of the Hebrew Scriptures and traditions, but also acoustic resonances of the Pax Romana or Pax Augusti within the more immediate Graeco-Roman environment as well—one within which the original and mostly marginalized listeners to the orally performed epistle were themselves situated.