Saliva: A Healing Technique of Jesus in African Context
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چکیده
This paper discusses saliva a healing technique of Jesus as contained in the canonical gospels in a bid to show its striking similarities with some healing methods and practices found in African societies. From this position the paper seeks to examine the use of saliva by Jesus in African perspective. It is hoped that this study will help to gain a better insight not only in the use of saliva as a healing technique in the Bible but also in African context. The writers adopt the historical, analytical, comparative and descriptive methodology to achieve the objectives of the paper. It is hoped that this study will form a bridge for cross-cultural pollination and integration, which is necessary for global development.
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