Ewe Christology: The Sonship of Christ in Hebrews 1:1-4 from an Ewe Perspective
Mawuli Nyador 
Issue: Vol.4 No.2 August 2022 Article 1 pp. 16-29
DOI : https://doi.org/10.38159/motbit.2022421 | Published online 29th August, 2022.
© 2022 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
This paper is a biblical and cultural reflection and application of Hebrews 1:1-4 from the Ewe Bible in the Ewe context using two main approaches, the Mother Tongue Criticism methodology of biblical studies and the Comparative Approach. From the Ewe text, this study concludes that the primal understanding of the word Mawu Vi which is known in local parlance as Sogble, according to the evidence in Hebrews 1:1, is not the same as Jesus of the Bible. In their functions as sons and ambassadors of Mawu, they are similar but have vast differences when it comes to creation, sustaining creation and being selected as heir to all God’s creation. The most important area of dissimilarity is their provision for the forgiveness of sin. In addition, a critical examination of issues from the mother tongue exegesis suggests that it is the son’s role as the domenyila that gives him eminence in the Ewe culture. His role as the lineage domenyila enables him to perform both social and religious functions as well as political.
Keywords: christology, Ewe culture, gospel and culture
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Mawuli Nyador is an ordained Ghanaian Minister and Teacher of the gospel. He currently serves as the Director for Dunamis Bible Institute in Tamale, Ghana. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Religious Studies at Department of Religious Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He holds a BA (Hons) from Ghana Christian University College in 2012 and an MTh (Bible Translation and Interpretation) from the Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission and Culture in 2015. His research interests include Christian Education, Mother Tongue Biblical Studies, Missions and African Christology.
Nyador M. “Ewe Christology: The Sonship of Christ in Hebrews 1:1-4 from an Ewe Perspective,” Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology 4, no.2(2022): 16-29. https://doi.org/10.38159/motbit.2022421
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