Afropean Biblical Studies : Constructing a Nigerian/British Women's Hermeneutic /

Afropean Biblical Studies : Constructing a Nigerian/British Women's Hermeneutic /

Step into the pioneering field of Afropean Biblical Studies. This book constructs a Nigerian/British women's hermeneutic that reshapes how we read the New Testament, blending feminist, postcolonial, and decolonial approaches. In this book, readers will meet the author through her autobiographic...

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Main Author: Obamakin, Olabisi (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Series: Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

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Call Number: BS709.4

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1Research Context: Nigerian/British (Afropean) Woman
  • 2Research Aims and Questions
  • 3Research Rationale: the Problem of Muted Black/British Female Scholars
  • 4Research Objectives
  • 5Book Outline
  • 2 Locating the 'Field' Between Africa and Europe
  • 1Introduction
  • 2Between Africa and Europe: the Emerging Field of Afropeanism
  • 3The Current Field of Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics
  • 4The Distinctiveness of My Research
  • 5Conclusion
  • 3 Constructing an Afropean Women's Hermeneutic
  • 1Introduction
  • 2Afropean Epistemology
  • 3Afropean Cultural Mediums
  • 4Afropean Themes
  • 5Rationale for Selecting New Testament Biblical Texts and Characters as Case Studies
  • 6The 6 Steps to Construct a Nigerian/British Women's Hermeneutical Framework
  • 7Conclusion
  • 4 Don't Touch My Hair: a Nigerian/British Women's Reading of the Woman Who Washed Jesus' Feet with Her Hair in Luke 7:36-50
  • 1Introduction: African Hair within a European Context
  • 2Rationale for Choosing This Pericope: The Lukan Version of the Story
  • 3Autobiographical Reflection: Afro Hair in a Siloed Context
  • 4History of Interpretation: Hair and Hypersexuality
  • 5Nigerian/British Cultural Reference: Emma Dabiri's, Don't Touch My Hair
  • 6Dominant Motifs within Don't Touch My Hair: the Power of Hair
  • 7New Lenses into Luke 7:35-50 from Don't Touch My Hair Motifs
  • 8Using Creative Actualisation to Construct a Nigerian/British Women's Interpretation of Luke 7:35-50
  • 9Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • 5 Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? a Nigerian/British Women's Reading of the Samaritan Woman in John 4:1-42
  • 1Introduction: Familial Expectation and Pressure in Marriage
  • 2Rationale for Choosing This Pericope: Exploring the Hidden Depths of John 4
  • 3Autobiographical Reflection: "Oya, Bring Me a Drink Opener"
  • 4History of Interpretation: Hyperanalysis of Sexual History
  • 5Nigerian/British Cultural Reference: Lizzie Damilola Blackburn's Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?
  • 6Dominant Motifs within Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband?: External Familial Pressure, Internal Insecurities and Self-Hatred
  • 7Lenses into John 4 From Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? Motifs
  • 8Using Creative Actualisation to Construct a Nigerian/British Women's Interpretation of the Samaritan Woman in John 4
  • 9Conclusion
  • 6 Girl, Woman, Other: a Nigerian/British Women's Reading of the Daughter and Her Canaanite Mother in Matthew 15:21-28
  • 1Introduction: Mother/Daughter Intergenerational Relationships
  • 2Rationale for Choosing This Pericope: a Specific Focus on Ethnicity
  • 3Autobiographical Reflection
  • 4History of Interpretation: Binary Ethnic Identities
  • 5Nigerian British Cultural Reference: Bernadine Evaristo's Girl, Woman, Other
  • 6Dominant Motifs within Girl, Woman, Other: Generational Differences between Mother and Daughter
  • 7New Lenses into Matthew 15:21-28 from Girl, Woman, Other Motifs
  • 8Using Creative Actualisation to Construct a Nigerian/British Women's Interpretation of Matthew 15:21-28
  • 9Conclusion
  • 7 Butterfly Fish: a Nigerian/British Women's Reading of the Pythian Slave-Woman in Acts 16:16-21
  • 1Retrieving a Forgotten Yoruba Epistemology
  • 2Rationale for Choosing This Pericope: a Forgotten Woman
  • 3Autobiographical Reflection: Forgotten Cultural History
  • 4History of Interpretation: Dominated by Western Epistemology
  • 5Nigerian/British Cultural Reference: Irenosen Okojie's Butterfly Fish
  • 6Dominant Motifs within Butterfly Fish: Giving a Voice to Global South Epistemology
  • 7New Lenses into Acts 16:16-34 from Butterfly Fish Motifs
  • 8Using Creative Actualisation to Construct a Nigerian/British Women's Interpretation of Acts 16:16-34
  • 9Conclusion
  • 8 Yoruba Girl Dancing: a Nigerian/British Women's Reading of Herodias's Daughter in Mark 6:17-28 and Matthew 14: 3-12
  • 1Hypervisibility and Embodied Knowledge
  • 2Rationale for Choosing Mark 6:17-28 and Matthew 14:3-12: Enhancing the Nigerian/British Women's Reading
  • 3Autobiographical Reflection: to Be Nigerian/British Is to Dance
  • 4History of Interpretation: Western Hypersexualised View of 'Othered' Dance
  • 5Nigerian/British Cultural Reference: Simi Bedford's Yoruba Girl Dancing
  • 6Dominant Motifs within Yoruba Girl Dancing: Dance as Ritual in Yoruba Epistemology
  • 7Lenses into Mark 6 From Yoruba Girl Dancing Motifs
  • 8Using Creative Actualisation to Construct a Nigerian/British Women's Interpretation of Herodias' Daughter in Mark 6:17-28 and Matthew 14:3-12
  • 9Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • 9 Conclusion: The Emergence of Afropean Biblical Studies
  • 1Practical Implications
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • Index of Modern Authors.