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The Exodus Narrative : Coloniality and Decoloniality in Creative Tension
Gunda, Masiiwa R. (2024): The Exodus Narrative : Coloniality and Decoloniality in Creative Tension, in: Masiiwa Ragies Gunda, Kathrin Gies, Ezra Chitando, u. a. (Hrsg.), Going the Extra Mile : Reflections on Biblical Studies in Africa and the Contributions of Joachim Kügler, Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press, S. 245–266, doi: 10.20378/irb-96597.
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Going the Extra Mile : Reflections on Biblical Studies in Africa and the Contributions of Joachim Kügler
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2024
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978-3-98989-012-1
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English
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The Exodus narrative is one of the most used, referenced, and popularised books and stories from the Old Testament, especially in oppressed and exploited communities. This is the story of God’s divine intervention in the sordid life experience of the Hebrews who had migrated and lived in Egypt for a long period of time, enjoying a period of relative comfort, which is then followed by a period of severe oppression and exploitation, a period of enslavement. In the midst of this enslavement, God powerfully intervenes and forces their release from captivity and leads them to their promised land, Canaan, where they were going to live in comfort and plenty. Using a decolonial approach, this chapter seeks to interrogate the colonial tendencies in the text and story, in the readings and interpretations in order to rid this text and narrative of the colonial tentacles that have made a story of liberation one of oppression, as well. This chapter assumes that the “the character of Pharaoh”, “doctrine of election”, “the promised land”, and “the character of Moses” have some aspects of coloniality embedded in them, making the text of liberation a colonising and colonial text. It also assumes that “God’s intervention for the exploited”, “the Hebrew midwives”, and “the Princess of Egypt” provide a strong basis for arguing for the decolonising potential and decoloniality of the text and narrative.
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Bibel. Exodus
Motiv
Kolonialismus
Postkolonialismus
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Exodus
Narrative
Decoloniality
Coloniality
Epistemicide
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Contribution to an Articlecollection
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August 19, 2024
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