The Africana Bible: Reading Israel's Scriptures from Africa and the African Diaspora by
Features a critical commentary on every book of the Hebrew Bible, the Apocrypha, and Pseudepigrapha that are authoritative for many in African and African-diasporan communities worldwide. It highlights issues of concern to the global Black community (such as globalization and the colonial legacy) and the distinctive norms of interpretation in African and African Diasporan settings.
Africa Bible Commentary by
A one-volume Bible commentary produced in Africa by African theologians to meet the needs of African pastors, students, and lay leaders.
The African Heritage Study Bible by
Revealing the history, lineage, and influence of African people cited in Scripture, this study Bible shows how Africans contributed to the formation of Judaism and Christianity.
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.
Proverbs and the African Tree of Life (Online) by
Compares chosen sayings from Proverbs and selected Ewe Folk proverbs using the agricultural metaphor of "grafting." Argues that folk sayings/proverbs, which abound in Africa, should be considered as an already mature, established tree on to which a piece of the biblical tree is spliced or engrafted to produce hybridized fruits that have uniquely different tastes than the fruits of each tree individually.
Reimagining Hagar: Blackness and the Bible (Online) by
Offers a reception history that examines interpretations of Hagar with a focus on interpretations of Hagar as a Black woman.
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.
The Servant of Yahweh in Isaiah 52:13-53:12: A Historical Critical and Afro-Cultural Hermeneutical Analysis with the Igalas of Nigeria in View by
An exegesis of the Servant Songs in Second Isaiah based on the views of the Igalas of Nigeria.
Divining the Woman of Endor: African Culture, Postcolonial Hermeneutics, and the Politics of Biblical Translation by
An examination of the language of divination in the Hebrew Bible, particularly in 1 Samuel 28:3-25-the oft-called "Witch of Endor" passage. Using African contextual/cultural hermeneutics and cross-cultural translation theory, Kiboko offers new English, French, and Kisanga translations of this passage that are both faithful to the original text and more appropriate to an inculturated-liberation African Christian hermeneutic, theology, and praxis.
How Worthy Is the Woman of Worth?: Rereading Proverbs 31:10-31 in African-South Africa by
Uses the Bosadi (womanhood) approach to reread the paean of Proverbs 31: 10-31 in a way that seeks to restore the dignity of many African-South African wo(men) readers of this favorite biblical text.
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