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True to Our Native Land: An African American New Testament Commentary Spiral-Bound |

Brian K. Blount, Cain Hope Felder, Emerson B. Powery (Edited by), Clarice J. Martin (Translated by)

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Iconic biblical commentary seen through the context of Black experiences

This pioneering commentary sets biblical interpretation firmly in the context of Black experiences and concerns. Cutting-edge scholarship that is in tune with the Black church 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, Gay L. Byron, Vincent Wimbush, and sixteen other notable scholars.

Publisher: 1517 Media
Original Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 586 pages
ISBN-10: 0800634217
Item Weight: 0.7 lbs
Dimensions: 7.3 x 1.76 x 9.5 inches

Brian K. Blount is president and professor of New Testament at Union Presbyterian Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, and Charlotte, North Carolina. His scholarship focuses on the Gospel of Mark, the book of Revelation, cultural hermeneutics, and New Testament ethics. He is the author of Cultural Interpretation: Reorienting New Testament Criticism (1995); Go Preach! Mark's Kingdom Message and the Black Church Today (1998); Then the Whisper Put On Flesh: New Testament Ethics in an African American Context (2001); Struggling with Scripture, with Walter Brueggemann and William Placher (2001); Preaching the Gospel of Mark in Two Voices, with Gary W. Charles (2002); Can I Get a Witness? Reading Revelation through an African American Lens (2005); Revelation: A Commentary (2009); and Invasion of the Dead: Preaching Resurrection (2014). With Leonora Tubbs Tisdale, he has coedited Making Room at the Table: An Invitation to Multicultural Worship (2000).