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The Africana Bible.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bridgeman, Valerie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Africa.
- Bible.
- Apocryphal books (Old Testament)--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Africa.
- Apocryphal books (Old Testament).
- Black theology.
- Theology--Africa.
- Theology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (479 pages)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : 1517 Media, 2024.
- Summary:
- The second edition features an updated commentary on each book of the Hebrew Bible that is authoritative for African and African-diaspora communities worldwide. It highlights issues of the Black community (such as globalization and the colonial legacy) and the distinctive norms of interpretation in African and African-diaspora settings.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Images
- Contributors
- Preface-First Edition
- Preface-Second Edition
- Maps
- Reading the Hebrew Bible
- The Africana Bible-A Rationale
- The African Diaspora as Construct and Lived Experience
- African and African Diasporan Hermeneutics: Reading the Hebrew Bible as Journey, Exile, and Life through My/Our Place
- The Bible in Twenty-First-Century Africa
- Women, Africana Reality, and the Bible
- The Bible and Africana Life: A Problematic Relationship
- Reading the Hebrew Bible Responsibly
- The Hebrew Bible in Africana Art, Music, and Popular Culture
- The Hebrew Bible: Torah
- Early Hebrew Poetry and Ancient Pre-Biblical Sources
- Genesis
- Exodus
- Leviticus
- Numbers
- Deuteronomy
- The Hebrew Bible: Prophets
- Introduction to the Prophets
- The Deuteronomistic History
- Joshua
- Judges
- 1-2 Samuel
- 1-2 Kings
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Ezekiel
- Hosea
- Joel
- Amos
- Obadiah
- Jonah
- Micah
- Nahum
- Habakkuk
- Zephaniah
- Haggai
- Zechariah
- Malachi
- The Hebrew Bible: Writings
- The Ketuvim: A Rationale
- Psalms
- Job
- Proverbs
- Ruth
- Song of Songs
- Ecclesiastes
- Lamentations
- Esther
- Daniel
- Ezra and Nehemiah
- 1-2 Chronicles
- The Deuterocanonical and Pseudepigraphic Writings
- Introduction to the Deuterocanonical and Pseudepigraphic Writings
- 1-2 Esdras
- Tobit
- Judith
- The Greek Additions to Esther
- Wisdom of Solomon
- Baruch
- Letter of Jeremiah
- Susanna
- Bel and the Dragon
- Prayer of Manasseh
- 1-3 Maccabees
- 4 Maccabees
- Sirach
- Psalm 151
- 1 Enoch
- The Sibylline Oracles
- Life of Adam and Eve
- Jubilees
- Notes from a Station Stop: An Editorial Postscript
- Index of Authors
- Notes:
- Index of Scripture
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781506483030
- 1506483038
- OCLC:
- 1457629425
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