@article{klopper_reflections_2006, title = {Reflections of a Feminist Scholar from the Threshold between African and European Biblical Exegesis}, volume = {19}, issn = {10109919 N1 - Accession Number: {OTA}0000045755; Languages: English; Issued by {ATLA}: 20190415; Publication Type: Article; Abstract Number: {OTA}30-2007-{OCT}-1002}, abstract = {K.'s article is based on a paper read at a conference on "Exegesis and Actualisation in Africa and Europe: A dialogue" held in Stellenbosch in January-February 2006. The dialogue partners at the conference were biblical scholars from Europe and South Africa as well as African countries north of South Africa. The object of the conference was to explore similarities and differences between African and European exegesis and to investigate, through dialogue, the common perception that European exegesis is inclined to be sterile and intellectual, while African exegesis tends to a more contextualizing and actualizing approach to the text. As an Afrikaner feminist scholar, K. found herself in an ambiguous position between two cultures and exegetical approaches, this raising questions about her experience in academia, in her church tradition, social life, and white Afrikaner context. How then do these contexts affect her exegesis? K. here responds to these questions in an autobiographical style. [Abstracted by: Christopher T. Begg] Abstract Number: {OTA}30-2007-{OCT}-1002}, pages = {882--891}, journaltitle = {Old Testament Essays}, shortjournal = {Old Testament Essays}, author = {Klopper, Frances.}, date = {2006}, keywords = {Literary Forms/Techniques \& Methods of Study}, }