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Blacks in Biblical Antiquity
The Old and New Testament include numerous references to African individuals. Learn more about this legacy. The view of Africa that has evolved in recent centuries has little or no historical integrity inasmuch as it reflects Eurocentric interpretations of the Bible. However, new light is shining on biblical antiquity, and layers of unfavorable biases are being peeled away. In their…
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A Dream Fulfilled: African American Contributions to American Bible Society
Throughout its history, the mission of American Bible Society has benefited from the work of many African Americans. Read more about this history. The Bible has played a significant role in African-American religious experience. It has been a foundation for devotion and spirituality and, for many, a primary source for literacy skills. American Bible Society has worked actively to share…
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Egyptian Dynasties
Egypt was a key player in the Ancient Near East for thousands of years, but the power structure within Egypt was constantly changing. Check out this brief overview of over 3,000 years of Egyptian dynasties. DYNASTIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS APPROX. DATES Pre-dynastic and early dynastic periods The Nile River valley and delta were brought under one ruler. 3400-3100 B.C. First and…
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Biblical Languages
How many languages were used to write the Bible? Where did these languages come from? Who spoke these languages? This article gives a brief overview of each of the Bible’s major languages. The original language of most of the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible). Hebrew appeared first in a written source in the late tenth century B.C. As is clear from…
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Rupturing the Empire: Reading Women in Mark’s Gospel as Postcolonial Subjects
How should we understand the role of women in Mark’s Gospel? Check out one view on this subject.by Seong Hee Kim, PhD.Postcolonial feminist biblical interpretation is a new brand of hermeneutics that brings into feminist biblical studies the postcolonial theory of thinkers like Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, and Gayatri Spivak.The term "postcolonial" implies that the phenomena of colonization persist in…
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Pharisees
They weren’t priests, but they weren’t commoners. So who were the Pharisees and what was their role in Jewish life? Find out here. By Jesus' day, it was common for Jewish people to meet in private homes for worship and to study the Scriptures. This practice had begun in the later second century B.C. and continued in the first century A.D. One group…
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