Project completed in 2000: Essay collection

  • Project titleEssays on Africa and the Old Testament.
  • Responsible: Knut Holter.
  • Funding: Norwegian Research Council (Oslo), Non-Fiction Literature Fund (Oslo), Nansen Foundation and Affiliated Funds (Oslo), School of Mission and Theology.
  • Projects description: The book presents analyses various aspects of Old Testament interpretations in Africa. In particular, their socio-intellectual context is emphasised, and it is argued that Western Old Testament scholarship would benefit from acquainting itself with its African counterpart.
  • Published: Knut Holter: Yahweh in Africa: Essays on Africa and the Old Testament. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2000 (Bible and Theology in Africa; 1).