to carve out a new kind of Bible that would link black history and aspirations directly to the Scriptures. The result is the 1,918-page African American Jubilee Edition of the Bible. In addition ...

(RNS) — Black Christian ... to our American Bible Society 2018 State of the Bible study. Black Christians generally demonstrate a higher regard for and deeper devotion to Scripture than other ...

From Genesis to Revelation, racism runs counter to everything Scripture ... the Bible affirms black lives are created in the image of God (Gen. 1:26–27), and our country has a history of ...

“Black people love to quote and tote the Bible.” Their tight relationship with Scripture grows out of ... refrains throughout African American history, like Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous ...

Zipporah compels us to seek forgiveness, first from God, and then from those who have been wronged. She is today’s, Black Unsung Hero, captured on the pages of the Holy Scriptures.

Understanding the structure of Scripture At the heart of ... walked the audience through the English Bible’s structure: five books of law, 12 of history, five of poetry, five major prophets ...

The modern Bible is the product of translations and interpretations that span centuries. But a true understanding of ... prevailed at the time the biblical scriptures were written.

In his teaching, Jesus often quoted the Jewish Scriptures ... work places history in the service of theology. The last edition of the Deuteronomistic History, the one in our Bible, comes from ...