The Black Biblical Heritage : Four thousand years of Black Biblical history / John L. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, John L., 1943-

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people in the Bible.

Bible--Biography.

Bible.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii, 275 pages, 9 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Edition:

New and revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Nashville, Tennessee : Winston-Derek Publishers, Inc., 1991.

Contents:

The Beginning

Ham and His Sons

The Grandsons of Ham

Blacks' Interaction with Abraham and Jacob

Prior to and During the Oppression

The Intrusion of Canaan

The Negroes of Judges and Ruth

Age of the Great Warrior

Diplomatic and Social Dealings Among Africa, the Canaanite Nations and Israel

Negro Priests, Kings and Queens of Israel, Judah and Phoenicia

Kings and Clergymen of Ethiopia

Highlights of Blacks During the First Century

Absence of Africa's Theological History.

Notes:

Reprint. Previously published: Houston : Black Biblical Heritage Publishing Company, 1987.

"New and revised edition 1991."

"'The Black Biblical Heritage' is designed primarily as a documented instrument to be used closely for Bible study for those who wish to know about the true development of Judaism and Christianity as it is recorded in the Holy Bible from Genesis to Revelation. It is a reference tool to teach and familiarize the student with African Biblical ancestry."--Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-274) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy is "Ninth printing 1992".

ISBN:

155523352X :

9781555233525

OCLC:

22207870