Research Catalog

Title

Stony the road we trod : African American biblical interpretation / Cain Hope Felder, editor.

Publication

• Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2021]
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

Felder, Cain Hope

Description

xiii, 352 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"The publication of Stony the Road We Trod thirty years ago marked the emergence of a critical mass of Black biblical scholars with a distinct set of hermeneutical concerns. Combining sophisticated exegesis with special sensitivity to issues of race, class, and gender, the authors of this scholarly collection examine the nettling questions of biblical authority, Black and African people in biblical narratives, and the liberating aspects of Scripture. The original volume reshaped and redefined the questions, concerns, and scholarship that determine how the Bible is appropriated by the church, the academy, and the larger society today. To the original eleven essays, this expanded edition adds a new introduction by Brian K. Blount and three new chapters by Kimberly D. Russaw, Shively T.J. Smith, and Jennifer t. Kaalund. Not only does Blount's new introduction track the impact of the first edition, but the new contributions extend the implications of Cain Hope Felder's original vision for the book." --

Subject

• Bible > Black interpretations
• Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Bible
• Black people in the Bible
• Blacks in the Bible

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• Originally published: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, ©1991.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Introduction / Cain Hope Felder -- Introduction: Thirtieth anniversary expanded edition / Brian K. Blount -- Part I: The relevance of biblical scholarship and the authority of the Bible. Interpreting biblical scholarship for the Black church tradition / Thomas Hoyt Jr. -- The hermeneutical dilemma of the African American biblical student / William H. Myers -- Reading her way through the struggle : African American women and the Bible / Renita J. Weems -- Part II: African American sources for enhancing biblical interpretation. The Bible and African Americans : an outline of an interpretative history / Vincent L. Wimbush -- "An ante-bellum sermon" : a resource for an African American hermeneutic / David T. Shannon -- Part III: Race and ancient Black Africa in the Bible. Race, racism, and the biblical narratives / Cain Hope Felder -- The black presence in the Old Testament / Charles B. Copher -- Beyond identification : the use of Africans in Old Testament poetry and narratives / Randall C. Bailey -- Part IV: Reinterpreting biblical texts. Who was Hagar? / John W. Waters -- The Haustafeln (household codes) in African American biblical interpretation : "free slaves" and "subordinate women" / Clarice J. Martin -- An African American appraisal of the Philemon-Paul-Onesimus triangle / Lloyd A. Lewis -- Part V: New directions. Undaunted : reading Miriam for the sisters they tried to erase / Kimberly D. Russaw -- Witnessing Jesus hang : reading Mary Magdalene's view of Crucifixion through Ida B. Wells's chronicles of lynching / Shively T.J. Smith -- "You can't see what I can see: : reading Black bodies in Galatians / Jennifer T. Kaalund -- Index of ancient sources -- Index of topics and names.

Call Number

Sc E 22-238

ISBN

• 1506472044
• 9781506472041

OCLC

1250204687

Title

Stony the road we trod : African American biblical interpretation / Cain Hope Felder, editor.

Publisher

Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2021]

Copyright Date

©2021

Edition

Thirtieth anniversary expanded edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Note

Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Added Author

Felder, Cain Hope, editor.

Research Call Number

Sc E 22-238