Abstract
In this article, issues of carnal knowledge, gender (read: daughters) and agency as evident in selected texts from the Judeo-Christian tradition and the African context in South Africa are interrogated. Do the ideologies embedded in religious texts endorse unequal power relations between male and female human beings (batho)? Of particular interest for the present investigation is the issue of carnal knowledge as it is understood in African (Northern Sotho) contexts and the Hebrew Bible (cf. Gn 19) context. Informed by the insights from both the African and the ancient Israelite contexts, the key questions that this essay seeks to engage are: when the notion of carnal knowledge is engaged with, in the context of daughters in both African and biblical contexts, which insights may emerge? Can such insights contribute to the affirmation of daughters as persons with agency? Contribution: Dealing with a scarcely researched upon topic within the circles of South African Old Testament scholarship, that is, the OT text (Genesis) (sex)uality and the agency of younger women (read: daughters), through the knowledge produced herein, the HTS will be enabled to make a needed impact in patriarchal African and global contexts.
Highlights
VukaniBantuTsohangBatho is the brainchild of the Honoree, the late Professor Vuyani Vellem
It is no wonder that the theory and praxis of Bible and Theology in South Africa basically point in the preceding direction as they
Informed by the preceding name, VukaniBantuTsohangBatho, and the wisdom entailed in the preceding African proverbs, and motivated by the urgency and agency through which Vellem understood the need for the transformation of our contexts, even in my commitment to challenge patriarchy both in the biblical texts and in our varying Black South African contexts, this article will focus on the following two questions: When the notion of carnal knowledge is engaged with, in the context of daughters in both African and biblical contexts, which insights may emerge? Can such insights contribute to the affirmation of daughters as persons with the agency?
Summary
VukaniBantuTsohangBatho is the brainchild of the Honoree, the late Professor Vuyani Vellem. It is no wonder that the theory and praxis of Bible and Theology in South Africa basically point in the preceding direction as they (with a few exceptions (cf Mosala 1988)), basically engaged race issues Their Black sisters have experienced the sore of sexism, even before the arrival of the White people in the country. Informed by the preceding name, VukaniBantuTsohangBatho, and the wisdom entailed in the preceding African proverbs, and motivated by the urgency and agency through which Vellem understood the need for the transformation of our contexts, even in my commitment to challenge patriarchy both in the biblical texts and in our varying Black South African contexts, this article will focus on the following two questions: When the notion of carnal knowledge is engaged with, in the context of daughters in both African and biblical contexts, which insights may emerge? A brief word about the approach is in order
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