Black Presence in the Bible: a Review
BOOK REVIEW REVIEWER
Author: Walter Arthur McCray Name: Isiorhovoja U. Osbert
Title: The Black Presence in the Bible Delta State University, Abraka. and the Table of Nations Genesis 10:1-32
Place: Maryknoll, New York
Publisher: Black Light Fellowship
Date: 1990
Pages: 11-59
The Homeward Journey to the Black’s Root
Introduction
There is recourse today for many to trace history to their root or ancestral home in order to know their background. There are many scholars who have devoted themselves to this course, that of tracing Black/African presence in the Bible. Adamo (2009) argues in favour of the African presence in the Table of Nations which he traced to the root, using name as a means of proper identification, “What is a name?”
Towards the Discovery of the Self
McCray undertook a rather rigorous yet a thorough and fruitful journey of exploration into Genesis 10. He explicates on the genealogies of Noah with his children: Japheth, Ham and Shem. The relevance of these lengthy listing of names rest on the fact that a name is more than a handle used for identification purpose. Among Africans, it is being used as a symbol and sign, mark of identification of the people and what they may have experienced. Thus, it can express the identity of the bearer in relation to his/her people or God as noted by Mbiti (1991).
Genesis 10 gives an understanding about the people mentioned as well as their inert-relationships of the ancient people hence; it is expedient to explore the text. Here we find the origin and classification of the nations in the ancient world that provides basic information about the nations and groups of people which are recorded in unique passages of the scripture and ancient historical document, the most voluminous of the ancient world. It characterised the Noahic family tree. Consequently, all nations today can adequately be traced back to a person or people identified in Genesis 10.
Felder (1991)
Author: Walter Arthur McCray Name: Isiorhovoja U. Osbert
Title: The Black Presence in the Bible Delta State University, Abraka. and the Table of Nations Genesis 10:1-32
Place: Maryknoll, New York
Publisher: Black Light Fellowship
Date: 1990
Pages: 11-59
The Homeward Journey to the Black’s Root
Introduction
There is recourse today for many to trace history to their root or ancestral home in order to know their background. There are many scholars who have devoted themselves to this course, that of tracing Black/African presence in the Bible. Adamo (2009) argues in favour of the African presence in the Table of Nations which he traced to the root, using name as a means of proper identification, “What is a name?”
Towards the Discovery of the Self
McCray undertook a rather rigorous yet a thorough and fruitful journey of exploration into Genesis 10. He explicates on the genealogies of Noah with his children: Japheth, Ham and Shem. The relevance of these lengthy listing of names rest on the fact that a name is more than a handle used for identification purpose. Among Africans, it is being used as a symbol and sign, mark of identification of the people and what they may have experienced. Thus, it can express the identity of the bearer in relation to his/her people or God as noted by Mbiti (1991).
Genesis 10 gives an understanding about the people mentioned as well as their inert-relationships of the ancient people hence; it is expedient to explore the text. Here we find the origin and classification of the nations in the ancient world that provides basic information about the nations and groups of people which are recorded in unique passages of the scripture and ancient historical document, the most voluminous of the ancient world. It characterised the Noahic family tree. Consequently, all nations today can adequately be traced back to a person or people identified in Genesis 10.
Felder (1991)
References: Adamo, D.T. (2001). Reading and Interpreting the Bible in African Indigenous Churches, Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers, pp.10-12. Felder, H.C.(1989). Troubling Biblical Waters, Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, pp. 38-42. Felder, H.C.(1991). Stony the Road We Trod, Minneapolis: Fortress Press, pp.133-134. Noth, M. (1981). A Historical Penteuchal Tradition, Translated Bernhard, W.A. Chico. California: Scholars Press, pp. 21-24. Otto, E. (1965). The Old Testament: An Introduction, New York: Harper and Row, p.184