The Sacrifice of Flesh and Blood: Male Circumcision in Ibandla lamaNazaretha as a Biblical and African Ritual
Male circumcision is an African phenomenon that has been in existence for thousands of years, dating back to the pre-colonial era. The Zulu King Shaka (1790-1828) put an end to this practice for the Zulus; but Isaiah Shembe (1870-1935) brought it back. However, the kind of circumcision that Isaiah S...
| Published in: | Journal for the study of religion |
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| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Summary: | Male circumcision is an African phenomenon that has been in existence for thousands of years, dating back to the pre-colonial era. The Zulu King Shaka (1790-1828) put an end to this practice for the Zulus; but Isaiah Shembe (1870-1935) brought it back. However, the kind of circumcision that Isaiah Shembe reinstated is a hybrid form, combining the precolonial ritual practice as a rite of passage and the Israelites’ biblical one based on Abraham’s covenant with God in Genesis 17:10-14. Male circumcision is an African phenomenon that has been in existence for thousands of years, dating back to the pre-colonial era. The Zulu King Shaka (1790-1828) put an end to this practice for the Zulus; but Isaiah Shembe (1870-1935) brought it back. However, the kind of circumcision that Isaiah Shembe reinstated is a hybrid form, combining the precolonial ritual practice as a rite of passage and the Israelites’ biblical one based on Abraham’s covenant with God in Genesis 17:10-14. |
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| ISSN: | 2413-3027 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4314/jsr.v25i1 |