Cultural Anthropology for Missions

COMPARITIVE STUDY OF KUKU AND HEBREW CULTURES
M. M. NINAN
Red Sea. Stories connected with their migration from the east of
the Nile to the west mention such events ...... In a story of
Western Dinka migration from the eastern bank to western bank
of the Bahr el Jebel to Bahr El . Ghazal, a leader of a pursued
people , Ajing, prayed to God at Lake Shambe that the water
should part to make way for his people to cross. God heard his
prayers and made the water part, after which the Dinkas crossed
through a dry river bed to the west.' (see Lienhardt)
Thus a biblicaly acceptable and viable solution to the identity of
revelations of the Kuku and Hebrew culture could be attributed to
the direct revelation of God to these people. When and where
this happened is not known. Once this is accepted it could also
explain many of the paradox of Suddenness experience.
Through the history these people were continuously exiles and
were constantly given over to oppressor. It was the same
experience for Israel: 'And the people of Israel did what was evil
in the sight of the Lord, forgetting the Lord their God, serving
Baals and Asheroth. Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled
against the Israel and he sold then into the hands of .... ' (Jud.
3:7)
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