Maasai Women and the Old Testament

Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - Case Presentation - Research Problem - Aim of the Project - Methodology - Ethical Considerations - Who Are the Maasai? - Research Context -Summary - Bibliography and Reference to Informants - Theoretical Perspectives - Terminology Clarifi cation of Feminist and Womanist - Womanist Hermeneutics - African Womanist Biblical Hermeneutics - Examples of African Women Interpreting the Bible - Action Research - "Reading Other-Wise," "Ordinary Readers," and "Reading With" - The Enkitok Approach - Summary - Bibliography and Reference to Informants - Reading Four Old Testament Texts with Maasai Informants - Maasai Informants Interpreting Genesis 1:27 - Maasai Informants Interpreting 1 Samuel 1:1-28 - Maasai Informants Interpreting Exodus 21:10 and Deuteronomy 21:15-17 - Summary - Bibliography and Reference to Informants - Dialogical Hermeneutics: Critical Analysis of the Interpretation of the Old Testament with the Maasai Informants - Dialogical Analysis of Genesis 1:27 - Dialogical Analysis of 1 Samuel 1 - Dialogical Analysis of Exodus 21:10-11 - Dialogical Analysis of Deuteronomy 21:15-17 - Summary - Bibliography and Reference to Informants - Summary and Concluding Remarks - Bibliography and Reference to Informants - Index.

Hoyce Jacob Lyimo-Mbowe is a Tanzanian, currently working in Zambia. She is Executive Director of Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation in Kitwe, Zambia. The present work was written during her time as a postdoctoral fellow at VID Specialized University, Stavanger, Norway, where she was part of VID's Maasai Bible Project.