An eco-theological interpretation of Proverbs 5:15-20 in the light of water crises experienced in present-day Africa
| Autor: | Kivatsi Jonathan Kavusa |
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| Jazyk: | Afrikaans<br />German<br />English<br />French<br />Sotho, Southern<br />Venda<br />Xhosa<br />Zulu |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Old Testament Essays, Vol 30, Iss 3, Pp 707-724 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2312-3621 1010-9919 |
| DOI: | 10.17159/2312-3621/2017/v30n3a10 |
| Popis: | 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 cistern/well and to restrain himself from wasting this precious resource on the public areas (vv. 15-16). This article explores attitudes or assumptions towards water that might have informed the author’s use of water-related metaphors in an attempt to promote fidelity in marriage. The water management metaphors in Prov 5:15-20 are relevant in contemporary Africa, where water crises have developed not necessarily because of a lack of resources, but often because of issues related to poor water management. The investigation is facilitated by a hermeneutics of suspicion and retrieval or trust. Two of the six eco-justice principles associated with the Earth Bible Project are applied, namely the principles of intrinsic worth and interconnectedness. |
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