Proverbs and the African tree of life
Subtitle: grafting biblical proverbs on to Ghanaian Eve folk proverbs
By: by Dorothy BEA Akoto-Abutiate
Series: Studies in systematic theology -- Volume 16; Studies in systematic theology (Leiden, Netherlands) -- v. 16.
Publisher: Brill; Brill Academic Pub
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9789004274402; 9789004274471
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Ewe Proverbs; Christianity and other religions; African; Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-195) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction --; title: The Eue-speaking peoples --; title: The virtues of "prudence" and "sociability" in Eue folk proverbs --; title: 'Grafting' Israel's 'shoots'-sayings from Proverbs 25-29 on to the African Ghanaian Eve tree of life-Eve folk proverbs.