Africa Study Bible

The African American Guide to the Bible makes the case for the relevance of the Bible from the perspective of people of color. It presents a comprehensive biblical view of topics of interest to African Americans and clarifies racial issues for White people.

On August 20, 1619, about 20 Angolans arrived in the British colony of Virginia. They were brought directly to the settlement of Jamestown. There, they were bought or traded for supplies. The English colonists were more than happy to oblige the pirates, who had stolen the slaves from a Portuguese slave ship. Thus was the corruption and greed surrounding the human trafficking that was the slave trade.

The Bible: Who, What, When, and Where is a bold and revelatory exploration of the Scriptures as a covenant document—not a Western religious manual, but a prophetic record of identity, exile, and restoration. With clarity and conviction, this book dismantles the Greco-Roman lenses through which the Bible has long been misread and reintroduces it in its original context: Hebraic, covenantal, and nation-building. Spanning from Moses to Messiah, scroll to canon, exile to awakening, the author walks readers through: What the Bible truly is: not just inspired, but breathed by YAH and rooted in ...

Eugene Peterson’s vibrant, unforgettable exploration of one of the most memorable—and controversial—figures in Scripture: King David. The David story is the most extensively narrated single story in the Bible, and the Old Testaments reveals him both at his best and his worst. He is...

True to Our Native Land is a pioneering commentary on the New Testament that sets biblical interpretation firmly in the context of African American experience and concern. In this second edition, the scholarship is cutting-edge, updated, and expanded to be in tune with African American culture, education, and churches.

On July 2, 1822, Denmark Vesey, a formerly enslaved man, was hanged in Charleston, South Carolina. He was convicted of plotting what might have been the largest insurrection against slaveholders in US history. Witnesses claimed that Vesey appealed to numerous biblical texts to promote and justify the revolt.

Los Negros, limpios y untados de aceite, eran así exhibidos para la venta. Como mercancía–hombres, mujeres y pequeños—eran sometidos al frígido escrutinio de los capitanes de mar. Los rechazados, a menudo enfrentaban una muerte inmediata y macabra; descartados como ganado cojo o enfermo. Los elegidos, condenados a las peores miserias infligidas por el hombre, enfrentaban un destino aún más sombrío.

Seeds of Bible Study is a book on how to study the Bible. It uses basic common sense and reading comprehension rules to help people through pitfalls of Biblical interpretation. The writer loves her Bible and wants others to love it too. As a writer and a lover of literature, she includes Bible studies on certain passages to illustrate her point. This frank, honest manual that will help you understand the Bible in depth and help you create Bible studies for yourself or your church. TABLE OF CONTENTS The Basic Rules of Bible Interpretation Basics in Bible Study When Reading the Bible, Use ...

Forging the Word: Methods for Bible Study is a practical and devotional guide to engaging Scripture in ways that shape both heart and mind. From ancient practices like Lectio Divina to modern tools like the Thompson Chain Reference, Geoffrey Schmitt introduces readers to a variety of methods for hearing God’s Word afresh. Each chapter blends teaching, meditation, personal reflection, poetry, and prayer, making the Bible come alive in everyday life. Readers will learn the difference between study and meditation, exegesis and eisegesis, while discovering how each method serves a season of ...

Enjoy this single-voice recording of the Luganda Contemporary Version. The Luganda Contemporary Version offers both a faithful rendering of Scripture's original word order while also delivering the most comprehensive and clear translation of the Bible's stories and concepts in the Ganda language.

Enjoy this audio recording of the Kikuyu Bible, read by two readers. The Holy Bible in Kikuyu offers both a faithful rendering of Scripture’s original word order while also delivering the most comprehensive and clear translation of the Bible’s stories and concepts in the Kikuyu language.

Joan, Tisha, and Lila are three single, ambitious party girls embarking on a journey where they attempt to give up sex and draw nearer to God. Giving up their boyfriends and club hopping for empty beds and Bible study is more challenging than they could have imagined. The Single Sister Experiment is a fast-paced, drama-filled ride that you don’t want to miss!

Before Harriet Tubman or Martin Luther King was identified with Moses, African Americans identified those who challenged racial oppression in America with Samson. In Black Samson: The Untold Story of an American Icon, Nyasha Junior and Jeremy Schipper tell the story of how this biblical character became an icon of African American literature.

Legacy: Wisdom of African Traditions and the Bible compares almost 300 proverbs from all over the continent with Bible verses, organized into forty-six broad themes. Chris Morehouse was compelled to write the book after exploring the Parallel Sayings books, which juxtapose insights from the great religious traditions with their counterparts from Jewish and Christian scriptures. These books explore resonances between Christianity and Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism.

The Holy Bible is full of Bible characters whose sufferings often mirror those of modern readers. Using Bible stories and over 50 Bible personages, the author shows the human aspects of suffering and what could be learned from the sufferings of Bible sinners and saints.