Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- ufufuo
- Transliteration
- ufufuo
- Rejected alternatives
- kufufuka (verb form, acceptable in narrative contexts), kuzaliwa upya (never use; means 'to be born again/reincarnated')
Resurrection
CRITICAL: ufufuo is doctrinally precise and well established. The specific risk for Swahili is not a competing native word but a competing theological claim: mainstream Sunni interpretation of Quran 4:157 holds that Jesus was not crucified at all (‘it was made to appear so’), directly denying the historical event Romans 1:4 and 4:25 depend on. This curriculum must state the historical claim of the crucifixion and bodily resurrection plainly rather than assume it is uncontested common ground for readers with Islamic background or exposure.