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This book is about the adequate interpretation of the§Bible. The question is thus whether or not the§narrator saw the actions of Sarah and Abram towards§Hagar as abuse. In order to answer this question, use§is made of narrative theory, particularly regarding§the ways in which the narrator s point of view can be§determined. We need to support feminists where§necessary and demand biblical justice in all Biblical§interpretations; this should be done without§infringing the rights of the texts and the original§audience. Major question are addressed here: did§Abraham raped Hagar? Was the young pregnant Hagar §abused? Was God on the side of the Abusers? §Hermenutists discoreved that the narrator did indeed §present a story of physical §and emotional abuse and counted to his readers to §recognise this. The churches are also challenged to §pay attention to biblical interpretation. The case §study of Hagar narratives indicates the simplistic §interpretation can lead to a situation in which the §Bible is used to justify abuse or to project modern §problems on acncient texts.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Aspects of religion (non-Christian)

• Full title: Hagar, Pregnant and Abused Woman
• Subtitle: Adequate Interpretation
• Author: Mzukisi Faleni
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112
• EAN: 9783639140514
• ISBN: 3639140516
• ID: 06822688
• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Weight: 177 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 7 mm
• Date of publishing: 24. April 2009

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