(Department of Religious, Faculty of Arts Obafemi Awolowo University, 2013) Olubunmi Akinsola Obalade
The study identified the conception of barrenness of contained in Lk1:5-25. It also examined the concept of barrenness in the Hellenistic and Jewish tradition, and established the problem of barrenness in the worldview of the Yoruba. Furthermore. it compared and contrasted the Jewish culture and the Yoruba worldview on barrenness in the context of Lk 1:5-25. This was with to understanding the implications of the story of Elizabeth's resolved barrenness from the African contextual and theological perspectives.