Ancient Egyptian Ma‘at or Old Testament deed-consequence nexus as predecessors of ubuntu?

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Baumann, Gerlinde, 1962-

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The Ancient Egyptian concept of Ma‘at shows some analogies to the concept of ubuntu. Both concepts seem to presuppose that people in a given society are willing to act for each other. In Bible exegesis, the concept of Ma‘at has attracted interest in connection with the Old Testament deed-consequence nexus (i.e. good consequences follow good deeds). The article looks at significant parallels between ubuntu, Ma‘at and the deed-consequence nexus. Its aim is to outline questions that have been discussed in the context of those two ancient concepts and that could be helpful for future research on ubuntu.

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Ma‘at, Ubuntu, Deed-consequence nexus, Old Testament, Deed-consequence nexus, Ethics, Justice, Comparative religion, Ancient Egyptian religion

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Baumann, G., 2015, ‘Ancient Egyptian Ma‘at or Old Testament deedconsequence nexus as predecessors of ubuntu?’, Verbum et Ecclesia 36(2), Art. #1429, 4 pages. http://dx.DOI. org/ 10.4102/ve.v36i2.1429.