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The thesis of this dissertation is that the pre-exilic prophets of Israel, when speaking of the nation's future, regularly alluded to the blessings and curses of Deut 27 and 28. This presupposes the existence of such Torah texts either written, or existing as ancient oral tradit…

The purpose of this dissertation is to untangle the meaning and practice of duawu in Mali, first through my case study among Bozo women and then through enlarging the sample to include other language groups. I show how they are similar or different from biblical teaching and the…