Ewe Proverbs - Proverbs and the African Tree of Life - akoto-abutiate2014

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Proverbs and the African Tree of Life

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Studies in Systematic Theology
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Stephen Bevans (Catholic Theological Union)
Miikka Ruokanen (University of Helsinki/Nanjing Union
Theological Seminary)
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Wanda Deifelt (Luther College, Decorah)
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen (Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena)
Jesse Mugambi (University of Nairobi, Nairobi)
Rachel Zhu Xiaohong (Fudan University, Shanghai)
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Proverbs and the African
Tree of Life
Grafting Biblical Proverbs on to Ghanaian
Ee Folk Proverbs
By
Dorothy BEA Akoto-Abutiate
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Akoto-Abutiate, Dorothy B.E.A., author.
Proverbs and the African tree of life : grafting Biblical proverbs on to Ghanaian Eve folk proverbs / by
Dorothy BEA Akoto-Abutiate.
pages cm. -- (Studies in systematic theology ; Volume )
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. . Proverbs, Ewe. . Christianity and other religions--African. I. Title.
II. Series: Studies in systematic theology (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. .
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To my parents
The Very Reverend Andrew Kwame Alifo Abutiate
and
Mrs. Josephine A Wosordoe Attipoe Adonu Abutiate
(of Blessed Memory),
Who Trained me, Showed me the love of God and Prayed for me that I will
achieve the best in life and made me into who I am
and my family: Monie Johnny Yao; Stephen O.K., Etornam E.K.,
Maakporye E.A. and Dzifa-Georgia A.A. Akoto