Maasai Women and the Old Testament

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.

• 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.