Yet with a steady beat : contemporary U.S. Afrocentric biblical interpretation / edited by Randall C. Bailey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bailey, Randall C., 1947-

Series:

Semeia studies (Brill Academic Publishers) ; no. 42.

Semeia studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Black interpretations.

Bible.

Black interpretations of sacred works.

Afrocentrism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Afrocentrism.

Physical Description:

vii, 200 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Summary:

These essays address issues of cultural criticism, utilization of Black religious sources, struggles of Afro-diasporan peoples, and ideological criticism in interpreting the biblical text, using new critical tools and challenging the discipline to broaden the canons of interpretation and sources.Paperback edition available from the Society of

Contents:

1. Triennial Tithes and the Underdog: A Revisionist Reading of Deuteronomy 14:22-29 and 26:12-15 / Harold V. Bennett 7

2. The Role of Ethnicity in the Social Location of 1 Corinthians 7:17-24 / Brad Ronnell Braxton 19

3. The Bible and Models of Liberation in the African American Experience / Demetrius K. Williams 33

4. The Sorrow Songs: Laments From Ancient Israel and the African American Diaspora / Wilma Ann Bailey 61

5. Textual Harassment? A Hermeneutical Perspective on African American Preaching / Ronald N. Liburd 85

6. A Case Study in Eighteenth-Century Afrodiasporan Biblical Hermeneutics and Historiography: The Masonic Charges of Prince Hall / Hugh Rowland Page 103

7. Let My People Go! Threads of Exodus in African American Narratives / Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan 123

8. A Prodigal Sings the Blues: The Characterization of Harriett Williams in Langston Hughes's Not without Laughter / Abraham Smith 145

9. Yet with A Steady Beat: The Task of African American Biblical Hermeneutics / Carolyn M. Jones 161

10. On the Blurring of Boundaries / Tina Pippin 169

11. African American Biblical Hermeneutics: Major Themes and Wider Implications / Norman K. Gottwald 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-197).

ISBN:

9004127291

OCLC:

51647708