True to Our Native Land
An African-American New Testament Commentary
Edited by Brian K. Blount, Cain Hope Felder, Clarice J. Martin,
and Emerson B. Powery
Pioneering, authoritative interpretation from leading African-American scholars
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SELLING POINTS
• The first African-American commentary on the New Testament
• Cutting-edge scholarship in tune with African-American churches
This pioneering commentary sets biblical interpretation firmly in the context of African-American experience and
concern. Cutting-edge scholarship calls into question many of the canons of traditional biblical research and highlights the role of the Bible in African-American history, accenting themes of ethnicity, class, slavery, and African heritage as these play a role in Christian scripture and the Christian odyssey of an emancipated people. Contributors include the volume editors, Thomas Hoyt, Ann Holmes Redding, Vincent Wimbush, and sixteen other scholars.
Contents
Preface from the editors
Thematic Essays
• African-American Preaching and the Bible
• Paul and African-American Interpretation
• Alternative Orientations to Interpreting the New Testament
• The Place and Role of Africa and African Imagery in the New Testament
• Womanist Biblical Interpretation (written by Dr. Raquel A. St. Clair)
• Slavery in the Early Church
• Black Art and African-American Biblical Hermeneutics
commentary on the Books of the New Testament