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The Africana Bible: Reading Israel's Scriptures from Africa and the African Diaspora Hardcover – November 19, 2009

by Crystal Downing (Author), Rodney S. Sadler Jr. (Author)
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Known for her bestselling detective novels, Dorothy L. Sayers lived a fascinating, groundbreaking life as a novelist, feminist, Oxford scholar, and important influence on the spiritual life of C.S. Lewis. This pioneering woman not only forged a literary career for herself but also spoke about faith and culture in revolutionary ways as she addressed the evergreen question of to what extent faith should hold on to tradition and to what extent it should evolve with a changing culture. Thanks to her unmatched wisdom, prophetic tone, and insistent strength, Dorothy Sayers is a voice that we cannot afford to ignore.

Providing a blueprint for bridge-building in contemporary, polarizing contexts, Subversive shows how Sayers used edgy, often hilarious metaphors to ignite new ways to think about Christianity, shocking people into seeing the truth of ancient doctrine in a new light. Urging readers to reassess interpretations of the Bible that impede the cause of Christ, Sayers helps twenty-first-century Christians navigate a society increasingly suspicious of evangelical vocabularies and find new ways to talk and think about faith and culture. Ultimately, she will inspire believers, on both the right and the left, to evaluate how and why their language perpetuates divisive certitude rather than the hopeful humility of faith, and will show us all a better way forward.

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    November 19, 2009
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  6. ISBN-10
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Crystal Downing, PhD, is the Co-Director of the Marion E. Wade Center in Wheaton, Illinois, the preeminent archive in the world for published and unpublished documents by and about C.S. Lewis and six of his British influencers, including J.R.R. Tolkien and Dorothy L. Sayers. Her first book, Writing Performances, won an international award for outstanding Sayers scholarship. Before moving to Wheaton, she taught Romantic and Victorian literature at Messiah College in Pennsylvania.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0800621255
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fortress Press (November 19, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 389 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780800621254
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0800621254
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1.1 x 9.3 inches
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Wilda Gafney

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I am a Hebrew biblical scholar and professor, Episcopal priest and veteran. I publish as Wilda and Wil Gafney. I teach Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and, Womanist and Feminist Biblical Studies. I translate the biblical text for my reader, giving them entré to the complexity of the text and the decisions translators make.

My scholarship includes prophecy and prophetic literature, rabbinic (Tanaaitic) literature and, Ancient Afro-Asiatic religious literature specializing in women's prophetic traditions in and around ancient Israel and its neighbors, and and traditional and contemporary midrash - biblical interpretation.

My personal love for vampire literature intersects with my professional biblical scholarship in my note in the Peoples' Bible on the Lilith who appears in Isaiah 34:14. She is regarded as the mother of vampires in later medieval midrash, but Isaiah had a much older night-stalking creature in mind...

I blog at: wilgafney.com and tweet at @wilgafney. (You'll have to copy and paste.)

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Raymond J. Robinson, Jr.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Refreshing Perspectives from the African Diaspora
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An informative and rich collection of writings on Israel’s Scriptures rooted in the perspectives of those from the African Diaspora. A great resource for those who want to engage the Hebrew Bible in a way that is not from the dominant, imperial narratives of Eurocentric readings of the text.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Liberating, Empowering and Healing
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This is one of the most scholarly Afrocentic biblical works I have read. It is comprehensive, and complex, yet very practical in application for those seeking to liberate their minds from traditionalism and empower themselves with a liberating spiritual framework. I read it everyday in my exploration of the sacred texts of my faith.
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Roxanna Anderson
5.0 out of 5 stars I recommend it for those who may have difficulty understanding how ...
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The book is refreshing in its ability to relate the Biblical scriptures to people of African descent. Having a vast viewpoint from various authors as they make their relationship to the scripture present provides an ability to reanalyze formerly held beliefs. I recommend it for those who may have difficulty understanding how African Americans could embody a book which originally seemed more relatable to those who are Caucasian.
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Although I did not know the book's contents, it was required for my grad school course and it has met my requirements. I am grateful to have received it in time prior to the course.
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BESSIE WILSON
4.0 out of 5 stars I do like the book
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I do like the book. The information in the book was just a little diferent from what i expected, however, i had a curiosity about the contents because i am presently studying concerning the Hebrews and the bible. i will give another review again after i get more invoived with this book.
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Victor Rogers
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2019
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Lots of great information
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Dr. Keith A. Russell
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for informing all of us persons of ...
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A must read for informing all of us persons of faith and those who are engaged in biblical interpretation that there is no immaculate perception.
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