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Autor:
Kivatsi Jonathan Kavusa
Publikováno v:
Old Testament Essays, Vol 35, Iss 2 (2022)
The Hebrew text of Gen 2:7, 19 describes both humans and animals as nephesh hayya’ (living being). However, a large number of contemporary influential Bible translations render this expression differently for humans and animals. It is translated li
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https://doaj.org/article/de6fbb78171b4bc8a5e882bcbe114138
Autor:
Kivatsi Jonathan Kavusa
Publikováno v:
Old Testament Essays, Vol 30, Iss 3, Pp 707-724 (2017)
Proverbs 5:15-20 is not about ecological issues such as water management. However, the biblical author employed water-related metaphors as a way of speaking about faithfulness in marriage. The young man is instructed to drink water from his own ciste
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https://doaj.org/article/d8aeecf542ed4d5cb0f426624bdb2b52
Autor:
Kivatsi Jonathan Kavusa
Publikováno v:
Old Testament Essays, Vol 32, Iss 1 (2019)
This article critically explores various approaches in which interpreters operate in recent attempts to apply ecological hermeneutics to biblical texts. It engages with the strengths and weaknesses of the works of the apologetic readers (reading of r
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https://doaj.org/article/cd3c28bbaee5478289fe6833cfecbc43
Autor:
KIVATSI JONATHAN KAVUSA
Publikováno v:
Verbum et Ecclesia, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-9, Published: 2022
Song 4:12-15 depicts the body of the bride as a 'locked garden' filled with fruits, exotic and medicinal plants and abundant freshwater. These luxuries are said to be plentiful and appealing but carry with them the threat of spoiling. In this way, th
Autor:
KIVATSI JONATHAN KAVUSA
Publikováno v:
Verbum et Ecclesia, Vol 42, Iss 1, Pp e1-e10 (2021)
Today there are a number of ecological hermeneutics, such as the Exeter project (UK), the Earth Bible project (Australia), the anti-ecological readings and the eco-feminist readings. Whilst these trends provide Christianity with valuable ecological i
Autor:
Kivatsi Jonathan Kavusa
Publikováno v:
Journal for Semitics. 30
This article is based on Willie van Heerden’s insight into the ecological retrieval of the dominion mandate of Genesis 1:26–27. According to Van Heerden, human dominion has a meaning only when it is read in relationship with the crisis context of
Autor:
Kivatsi Jonathan Kavusa
Publikováno v:
Journal for Semitics. 27
Christianity has often been accused of promoting an anthropocentric worldview that has contributed to the current ecological crisis. Since Lynn White’s accusation that Genesis 1:26–28 is responsible for the crisis, biblical scholars and
Autor:
Kivatsi Jonathan Kavusa
Kivatsi Jonathan Kavusa addresses a gap in the field of ecological readings of the Old Testament, exploring the theme of water in the Wisdom books, including the often-ignored deuterocanonical works. Kavusa focuses on both the negative and positive p
Autor:
Kivatsi Jonathan Kavusa
Publikováno v:
Old Testament Essays, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 481-501, Published: 2016
The world currently faces terrible issues of corruption, conflicts, political instabilities, violence and injustices causing traumatic experiences for humans and nature. Likewise, Hos 4:1-3 offers a link between the corruption of the Israelite societ