Stony the Road We Trod: by Cain Hope Felder

Editor: Cain Hope Felder

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African American Biblical Interpretation

A hallmark of American black religion is its distinctive use of the Bible in creating community, resisting oppression, and fomenting social change. What can critical biblical studies learn from the African American experience with the Bible, and vice versa?

This singular volume marks the emergence of a critical mass of black biblical scholars. Combining sophisticated exegesis with special sensitivity to issues of race, class, and gender, the authors of this scholarly collection examine the nettling questions of biblical authority, blacks and African in biblical narratives, and the liberating aspects of Scripture. Together they are reshaping and redefining the questions, concerns, and scholarship that determine how the Bible is appropriated by church, academy, and the larger society today.

About the Editor
Cain Hope Felder is Professor of New Testament Language and Literature at the School of Divinity, Howard University, Washington, D.C., and editor of The Journal of Religious Thought. He is also author of Troubling Biblical Waters: Race, Class, Family.

Publisher: Fortress Press
Publication Date: Jun 1 1991
Physical Info: 0.65" H x 8.98" L x 6.0" W (0.95 lbs) 260 pages
Carton Quantity: 32
US SRP: $ 22.00 US
Binding: Paperback

Table of Contents

Preface
Map
Introduction

PART I: THE RELEVANCE OF BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE BIBLE

# Interpreting Biblical Scholarship for the Black Church Tradition
Thomas Hoyt, Jr.

# The Hermeneutical Dilemma of the African American Biblical Student
Renita J. Weems

# Reading Her Way through the Struggle: African American Women and the Bible
Renita J. Weems

PART II: AFRICAN AMERICAN SOURCES FOR ENHANCING BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION

# The Bible and African Americans: An Outline of an Interpretative History
Vincent L. Wimbush

# "An Ante-bellum Sermon": A Resource for an African American Hermeneutic
David T. Shannon

PART III: RACE AND ANCIENT BLACK AFRICA IN THE BIBLE

# Race, Racism, and the Biblical Narratives
Cain Hope Felder

# The Black Presence in the Old Testament
Charles B. Copher

# Beyond Identification: The Use of Africans in Old Testament Poetry and Narratives
Randall C. Bailey

PART IV: REINTERPRETING BIBLICAL TEXTS

# Who Was Hagar?
John W. Waters

# The Haustafeln (Household Codes) in African American Biblical Interpretation: "Free Slaves" and " Subordinate Women"
Clarice J. Martin

# An African American Appraisal of the Philemon-Paul-Onesimus Triangle
Lloyd A. Lewis

Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Topics and Names
Contributors

Stony the Road We Trod: by Cain Hope Felder Editor: Cain Hope Felder
	Item#	Binding	isbn - 10	Price
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African American Biblical Interpretation: A hallmark of American black religion is its distinctive use of the Bible in creating community, resisting oppression, and fomenting social change.

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