Social-scientific criticism in Nigerian New Testament scholarship

dc.contributor.authorUwaegbute, Kingsley I.
dc.contributor.authorOdo, Damian O.
dc.contributor.authorUgwu, Collins I.
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-25T05:42:05Z
dc.date.available2022-03-25T05:42:05Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-21
dc.descriptionThe first version of this article was presented at the International Conference organised by the Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka from 10 to 11 July 2019.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThis research is part of the research project ‘Africa Platform for NT Scholars’, directed by Prof. Dr Ernest van Eck, Department of New Testament Studies and Related Literature, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe use of the social sciences in the interpretation of the New Testament emerged from the 1970s and has become a standard methodology for interpreting the New Testament. However, it has not been significantly used in the interpretation of the New Testament in Nigeria by biblical scholars. This article discusses what social-scientific criticism is and the need for its application in the interpretation of the New Testament by Nigerian New Testament scholars for a better understanding of the New Testament and the people, beliefs and teachings it presents and contextualisation in the face of changing contexts of Christianity in Nigeria. CONTRIBUTION : As far as we know, this article is the first one written on using social-scientific criticism to interpret the New Testament in the Nigerian context. It therefore contributes to the need for a multidisciplinary approach to interpreting the New Testament in Nigeria in particular and Africa in general. It therefore contributes also on methodological considerations with regard to interpreting the New Testament.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentNew Testament Studiesen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2022en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationUwaegbute, K.I., Odo, D.O. & Ugwu, C.I., 2021, ‘Socialscientific criticism in Nigerian New Testament scholarship’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 77(1), a6394. https://DOI.org/10.4102/hts.v77i1.6394.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v77i1.6394
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/84636
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAOSISen_ZA
dc.rights© 2021. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectNew Testamenten_ZA
dc.subjectSocial-scientific criticismen_ZA
dc.subjectNew Testament scholarsen_ZA
dc.subjectNigeriaen_ZA
dc.subjectBiblical scholarsen_ZA
dc.subjectChristianityen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.titleSocial-scientific criticism in Nigerian New Testament scholarshipen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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