Messianic 'I' and Rastafari in New Testament Dialogue: Bio-Narratives, the Apocalypse, and Paul's Letter to the Romans - Softcover

Palmer, Delano Vincent

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761850457 ISBN 13: 9780761850458

Publisher: UPA, 2010

Synopsis

Anyone familiar with the Rastafari movement and its connection with the Bible is struck by the prevalence of messianic I-locution found in both. As the phenomenon is important in the canonical Testaments, more so within the New Testament, this study seeks to investigate its significance in certain epistolary pieces (Romans 7:14-25 ; 15:14-33), the bio-Narratives and the Apocalypse in their historical and cultural milieu.

The next stage of the investigation then compares the findings of the aforementioned New Testament books with corresponding statements of the Rasta community, in order to determine their relevance for the ongoing Anglophone theological enterprise.

In sum, this study seeks to bring into critical dialogue the permutative messianic 'I' of the New Testament with the self-understanding of Rastafari.

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About the Author

Delano Vincent Palmer, ThD, UNISA, is a graduate of STETHS, MBI, Carver Bible College, Cornerstone University, and CGST. He presently serves as a senior lecturer of the Jamaica Theological Seminary, and is a Bible teacher at Swallowfield Chapel in Kingston, JA. He also serves as an evangelist with the Christian Ambassadors Footballers United (CAFU), and is the author of Spiritual Gifts: An Appraisal of Positions among Christian Brethren in Jamaica (Ann Arbor, MI: UMI, 1989) and New Testament Theology in Context (Kingston, Jahmekyah: DeoVolente, 2008).

Edition details

• Publisher: UPA
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761850457
• ISBN 13: 9780761850458
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246