Africa and the Bible by
Explores the historical and archaeological background of biblical texts that refer to Africa and traces the results of past interpretations and misinterpretations.
Battered Love: Marriage, Sex, and Violence in the Hebrew Prophets by
Discusses the prophets' rhetoric and sexual metaphors to uncover Israelite social structures, asking, "What is implied about women, men, and God by the language that the prophets use to describe the covenant between Yahweh and Israel?"
Can a Cushite Change His Skin?: An Examination of Race, Ethnicity, and Othering in the Hebrew Bible by
By examining explicit biblical references to Cush and Cushites, a nation and people most modern scholars would deem racially "black," this book explores the manner by which the authors of the Hebrew Bible represented the Cushite, and determines whether differences in human phenotypes facilitated legitimating ideologies that justified the subjugation of this foreign Other.
Pillars of Cloud and Fire: The Politics of Exodus in African American Biblical Interpretation (Online) by
A comprehensive survey of African American biblical interpretation and how the Exodus played a key part in its development. Each chapter in this volume moves chronologically, from the antebellum period and the Civil War through to the Harlem Renaissance, the civil rights movement, the black power movement.
Reimagining Hagar: Blackness and the Bible by
Offers a reception history that examines interpretations of Hagar with a focus on interpretations of Hagar as a Black woman.
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