A critical analysis of how Maasai informants read some selected Old Testament texts that are thought to have an appeal to people with semi/nomadic ways of life.

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Zephania Shila Nkesela is General Secretary of Central Diocese, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. The present work is a revised version of his PhD thesis at VID Specialized University, Stavanger, Norway, where he was part of VID s Maasai/Bible Project.

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Acknowledgements Introduction Theoretical Perspectives Reading Old Testament Texts in Maasai Context Maasai Indigenous Readings in Dialogue with Critical Old Testament Studies: Reflections and Implications Maasai Experiences and Old Testament Studies in Africa Concluding Remarks Appendices Indexes.