Dr Knut Holter is Professor of Old Testament studies, MHS School of Mission and Theology, Misjonsmarka 12, N-4024 Stavanger, Norway. E-mail: knut.holter@mhs.no

 

Editorial responsibilities

Editor: BOTSA Electronic Forum, Stavanger: School of Mission and Theology, 2006-

Editor: Bulletin for Old Testament Studies in Africa, Stavanger: School of Mission and Theology. Paper edition: 1996-2006 (ISSN 1502-0819). Web edition: 1996-2006 (ISSN 1502-0827)

Editor: The book series Bible and Theology in Africa, New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 2000- (ISSN 1525-9846)

Editorial Consultant: African Journal of Biblical Studies, Ibadan: Nigerian Association of Biblical Studies (ISSN 075-7602)

International Advisory Board: Old Testament Essays, Pretoria: Old Testament Society of South Africa (ISSN 1010-9919)

 

 

Books related to Africa and the Old Testament

La recherche en Ancien Testament dans le contexte africain. Yaoundé: Éditions CLÉ, 2012.

[Co-ed. with Louis C. Jonker] Global Hermeneutics? Reflections and Consequences. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2010 (International Voices in Biblical Studies, 1).

Contextualized Old Testament Scholarship in Africa. Nairobi: Acton Publishers, 2008.

[Ed.]: Let my People Stay! Researching the Old Testament in Africa. Nairobi: Acton Publishers, 2006.

Old Testament Research for Africa: A Critical Analysis and Annotated Bibliography of African Old Testament Dissertations, 1967–2000. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2002 (Bible and Theology in Africa; 3).

[Co-ed. with Mary Getui and Victor Zinkuratire]: Interpreting the Old Testament in Africa: Papers from the International Symposium on Africa and the Old Testament, Nairobi 1999. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2001 (Bible and Theology in Africa; 2). Republ. as: Interpreting the Old Testament in Africa. Nairobi: Acton Publishers, 2001 (Biblical Studies in African Scholarship Series).

Yahweh in Africa: Essays on Africa and the Old Testament. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2000, 2001 (Bible and Theology in Africa; 1).

Tropical Africa and the Old Testament: A Select and Annotated Bibliography. Oslo: University of Oslo, 2006 (Faculty of Theology: Bibliography series; 6).

 

 

Articles related to Africa and the Old Testament

"The role of historical-critical methodology in African Old Testament studies", Old Testament Essays 24 (2011) 377-389.

"The Second commandment and the question of human dignity in Africa: A creation-theological perspective", Scriptura 106 (2011) 51-60.

"Woman and war in Northern Uganda and Ancient Israel: The interpretative role of academia", Bård Mæland (ed.), Culture, Religion, and the Reintegration of Female Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda. New York: Peter Lang (2010) 207-218 (Bible & Theology in Africa, 10).

"Old Testament studies and social transformation in Africa", African Journal of Biblical Studies 28 (2010) 32-45.

"The Old Testament and Africa - and Malagasy Old Testament scholarship in relation to some major interpretative strategies of African Old Testament scholarship", Africa Theological Journal 32/2 (2009) 21-38.

"Did Prince Cetshwayo read the Old Testament in 1859? The role of the Bible and the art of reading in the interaction between Norwegian missionaries and the Zulu elite in the mid-19th century", Old Testament Essays 22 (2009) 580-588.

"The left hand washes the right and the right hand washes the left: Some remarks to the use of African proverbs in Old Testament proverb scholarship", African Journal of Biblical Studies 26 (2008) 45-55.

"'A Negro, naturally a slave': An aspect of the portrayal of Africans in colonial Old Testament interpretation", Old Testament Essays 21 (2008) 373-382.

"Whose book is it, by the way? An aspect of popular and scholarly strategies for interpreting the Bible in Africa", T. Engelsviken & al. (eds.), Mission to the World: Communicating the Gospel in the 21st Century: Essays in Honour of Knud Jørgensen. Oxford: Regnum (2008) 205-214.

"'En neger, naturligvis en slave': En side ved kolonitidens tolkning av Det gamle testamente", K.O. Sannes & al. (eds.), Med Kristus til jordens ender: Festskrift til Tormod Engelsviken. Trondheim: Tapir (2008) 183-192.

"Does a dialogue between Africa and Europe make sense?", H. de Wit & G.O. West (eds.), African and European Readers of the Bible in Dialogue: In Quest of a Shared Meaning. Leiden: Brill (2008) 69-80 (Studies of Religion in Africa; 32).

"Dialogue and Interpretative Power", H. de Wit & G.O. West (eds.), African and European Readers of the Bible in Dialogue: In Quest of a Shared Meaning. Leiden: Brill (2008) 409-416 (Studies of Religion in Africa; 32).

"Interpreting Solomon in colonial and postcolonial Africa", Old Testament Essays 19 (2006) 851-862.

"Let my people stay! Introduction to a research project on Africanization of Old Testament studies", Old Testament Essays 19 (2006) 377-392.

"Let my people stay: Introduction to a research project on Africanization of Old Testament studies", K. Holter (ed.), Let My People Stay! Researching the Old Testament in Africa. Nairobi: Acton (2006) 1-18.

"'Like living in Old Testament times': The interpretation of assumed affinities between traditional African culture and the Old Testament", Analecta Bruxellensia 11 (2006) 17-27.

"Sub-Saharan African doctoral dissertations in Old Testament studies, 1967-2000: Some remarks to their chronology and geography", D.T. Adamo (ed.), Biblical Interpretation in African Perspective. Lanham, Boulder, New York, Toronto, Oxford: University Press of America (2006) 99-116.

"Bibeltolkning og bibeloversettelse i afrikansk akademia", Norsk Tidsskrift for Misjon 60/2 (2006) 3-15.

"The first generation of African Old Testament scholars: African concerns and western influence", K. Koschorke & J.H. Schjørring (eds.), African Identities and World Christianity in the Twentieth Century: Proceedings of the Third International Munich-Freising Conference on the History of Christianity in the Non-Western World (September 15-17, 2004). Wiesdbaden: Harrassowitz (2005) 149-163.

[together with Georges Razafindrakoto:] "Challenging the Christian monopoly on the Bible: An aspect of the encounter between Christianity and Malegasy traditional religion in contemporary Madagascar", K. Koschorke & J.H. Schjørring (eds.), African Identities and World Christianity in the Twentieth Century: Proceedings of the Third International Munich-Freising Conference on the History of Christianity in the Non-Western World (September 15-17, 2004). Wiesdbaden: Harrassowitz (2005) 141-148.

"Recent literature on Old Testament translation in Africa", Bulletin for Old Testament Studies in Africa 18 (2005) 20-23.

"The first generation of African Old Testament Scholars: The geographical hermeneutics of their academic training", Bulletin for Old Testament Studies in Africa 17 (2004) 2-18.

"The Maasai and the Old Testament: Marking the centennial of M. Merker's monograph on the Maasai", Bulletin for Old Testament Studies in Africa 16 (2004) 13-16.

"Two recent research contributions from Kinshasa", Bulletin for Old Testament Studies in Africa 15 (2003) 18-20.

"The 'Africanization of Biblical Studies' Project", Bulletin for Old Testament Studies in Africa 14 (2003) 17-19.

"Is it necessary to be black?", Bulletin for Old Testament Studies in Africa 13 (2002) 7-8.

“The current state of Old Testament scholarship in Africa: Where are we at the turn of the century?”, Mary Getui, Knut Holter & Victor Zinkuratire (eds.), Interpreting the Old Testament in Africa: Papers from the International Symposium on Africa and the Old Testament, Nairobi 1999. New York: Peter Lang Publishing (2001) 27-39 (Bible and Theology in Africa; 2).

“Old Testament scholarship in Sub-Saharan Africa”, G.O. West & M.W. Dube (eds.), The Bible in Africa. Leiden: Brill (2000) 54-71.

“Africa in the Old Testament”, G.O. West & M.W. Dube (eds.), The Bible in Africa. Leiden: Brill (2000) 569-581.

“Old Testament researchers north of the Limpopo: A bibliography of doctoral dissertations”, Bulletin for Old Testament Studies in Africa 9 (2000) 6-21.

“New name, same vision”, Bulletin for Old Testament Studies in Africa 8 (2000) 1-2.

“Is there a need for a pan-African and non-denominational organisation for biblical scholarship?”, Bulletin for Old Testament Studies in Africa 8 (2000) 10-13.

“Men det er bare én bok som leser meg! Noen linjer i afrikansk tolkning av Det gamle testamente”, Norsk Tidsskrift for Misjon 53 (1999) 231-240.

“Report: Symposium in Nairobi, October 1999”, Newsletter on African Old Testament Scholarship 7 (1999) 8-9.

"Relating Africa and the Old Testament on the polygamy issue", J.-B. Matand & al. (eds.), L’eglise famille et perspectives bibliques: Actes du huitième congrès de l’Association Panafricaine des Exégètes Catholiques. Kinshasa (1999) 61-71.

“Old Testament Proverbs Studies”, Newsletter on African Old Testament Scholarship 6 (1999) 11-15.

“It’s not only a question of money. African Old Testament scholarship between the myths and meanings of the south and the money and methods of the north”, Old Testament Essays 11 (1998) 240-254.

“The institutional context of Old Testament scholarship in Africa”, Old Testament Essays 11 (1998) 452-461.

“Afrikansk gammeltestamentlig forskning i spenning mellom Sørs myter og Nords metoder”, Norsk Tidsskrift for Misjon 52 (1998) 147-159.

“Some recent studies on postcolonialism and biblical scholarship”, Newsletter on African Old Testament Scholarship 5 (1998) 20-23.

“Gammeltestamentlig forskning mellom Sahara og Zambezi”, Tidsskrift for Teologi og Kirke 68 (1997) 135-146.

“Should Old Testament ‘Cush’ be rendered ‘Africa’?”, The Bible Translator 48 (1997) 331-336.

[& al.:] “Contextualized Old Testament programmes?”, Newsletter on African Old Testament Scholarship 2 (1997) 3-7.

 

 

Other books

[Co-ed with Jostein Ådna] Jerusalem, Samaria og jordens ender: Bibeltolkninger tilegnet Magnar Kartveit. Trondheim: Tapir Academic Press, 2011.

[Ed.] Interpreting Classical Religious Texts in Contemporary Africa. Nairobi: Acton Publishers, 2007.

[Ed.] Bibeloversettelse som fag. Oslo 2006 ( Norsk Tidsskrift for Misjon 60/2 (2006) 1-80).

Deuteronomy 4 and the Second Commandment. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2003 (Studies in Biblical Literature; 60).   

Second Isaiah's Idol-fabrication Passages. Frankfurt a.M.: Verlag Peter Lang, 1995 (Beiträge zur biblischen Exegese und Theologie; 28).

 

 

Other articles

"Hva i all verden skal vi bruke Jesaja 41:8-13 til? Noen refleksjoner om bibeltolkning og bibelbruk", Knut Holter & Jostein Ådna (eds.), Jerusalem, Samaria og jordens ender: Bibeltolkninger tilegnet Magnar Kartveit. Trondheim: Tapir Academic Press (2011) 171-181.

"Geographical and institutional aspects of global Old Testament studies", Knut Holter & Louis C. Jonker (eds.), Global Hermeneutics? Reflections and Consequences. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature (2010) 3-14.

"When biblical scholars talk about 'global' biblical interpretation", Knut Holter & Louis C. Jonker (eds.), Global Hermeneutics? Reflections and Consequences. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature (2010) 85-93.

"Fascination and Challenge: A Response to Maarman Samuel Tshehla", H. de Wit & G.O. West (eds.), African and European Readers of the Bible in Dialogue: In Quest of a Shared Meaning. Leiden: Brill (2008) 368-370 (Studies of Religion in Africa; 32).

"A conference volume on the interpretation of classical religious texts in contemporary Africa", Knut Holter (ed.), Interpreting Classical Religious Texts in Contemporary Africa. Nairobi: Acton Publishers (2007) 1-10.

"Religious texts in critical contexts: The interpretation of classical religious texts in contemporary African academia", Knut Holter (ed.), Interpreting Classical Religious Texts in Contemporary Africa. Nairobi: Acton Publishers (2007) 45-56.

"Bibeloversettelse som studium ved Misjonshøgskolen", Norsk Tidsskrift for Misjon 60/2 (2006) 16-26.

"Jan-Martin Berentsen som lærer", Thor Strandenæs (ed.), Misjon  og kultur: Festskrift til Jan-Martin Berentsen. Stavanger: Misjonshøgskolens forlag (2006) 301-307.

"Nabots vingård: En fortelling om makt, eiendom og rettferdighet i Det gamle testamente", J.-O. Henriksen (ed.), Makt Eiendom Rettferdighet: Bibelske moraltradisjoner i møte med vår tid. Oslo: Gyldendal (2000) 98-114.

[& al.:] "No graven image? Reading the Second Commandment in a Thai context", Asia Journal of Theology 14 (2000) 20-36.

"Trøst, ja, trøst mitt folk! Jesaja 40-55 og sjelesorgen", Tidsskrift for sjelesorg 18 (1998) 241-249.

"Literary critical studies of Deut 4: Some criteriological remarks", Biblische Notizen 81 (1996) 91-103.

"Zur Funktion der Städte Judas in Jes xl 9", Vetus Testamentum 46 (1996) 119-121.

[& al.:] "Å lese Hosea 2 i en santal-landsby", Misjon og Teologi 2 (1995) 15-29.

"Å skape guder i menneskets bilde", Misjon og Teologi 1 (1994) 45-53.

"Det gamle testamente og misjonen", J.-M. Berentsen & al. (eds.), Missiologi idag, Oslo (1994) 23-36.

"A Note on the Old Testament Background of Rom 1,23-27", Biblische Notizen 69 (1993) 21-23.

"The Wordplay on el(‘God’) in Isaiah 45,20-21", Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 7 (1993) 88-98.

"Die Parallelismen in Jes 50,11ab a– im Hebräischen und Syrischen Text", Biblische Notizen 63 (1992) 35-36.

"A Note on sby/sbyh in Isa 52,2", Zeitschrift für die AlttestamentlicheWissenschaft 104 (1992) 106-107.

"The serpent in Eden as a symbol of Israel's political enemies: A Yahwistic criticism of the Solomonic foreign policy?", Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 4/I (1990) 106-112.

"Det gamle testamente og misjonen", Norsk Tidsskrift for misjon 43 (1989) 163-174.

"Was Philistine Dagon a fish-god? Some new questions and an old answer", Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament 3/I (1989) 142-147.

"Missiology and the Old Testament theology of religions", Missionalia 16 (1988) 4-12.

"Gammeltestamentlig religionsteologi som ressurskilde for misjonsteologien. En presentasjon og vurdering av noen aktuelle synspunkter", Norsk Tidsskrift for Misjon 42 (1988) 44-56.

"Jahve og Dagon: Et eksempel på en misjonsteologisk tilnærming til et gammeltestamentlig religionsmøte", Tidsskrift for Teologi og Kirke 57 (1986) 271-280.