Sets biblical interpretation in the context of African American experience and concern. This book 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. Images ix Preface xiii Contributors xv Abbreviations xix Introduction 1(10) Brian K. Blount Cain Hope Felder Clarice J. Martin Emerson B. Powery African American Biblical Interpretation Slavery in the Early Church 11(12) Mitzi J. Smith The Place and Role of Africa and African Imagery in the Bible 23(8) Rodney S. Sadler Jr. Paul and African American Biblical Interpretation 31(12) Abraham Smith We Will Make Our Own Future Text: An Alternate Orientation to Interpretation 43(11) Vincent L. Wimbush Womanist Biblical Interpretation 54(9) Raquel St. Clair African American Preaching and the Bible 63(10) Cleophus J. LaRue African American Art and Biblical Interpretation 73(12) James A. Noel Commentary on the New Testament Matthew 85(36) Michael Joseph Brown Mark 121(37) Emerson B. Powery Luke 158(28) Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder John 186(27) Allen Dwight Callahan Acts 213(36) Demetrius K. Williams Romans 249(27) Thomas L. Hoyt Jr. 1 Corinthians 276(31) Boykin Sanders 2 Corinthians 307(26) Guy Nave Galatians 333(15) Brad R. Braxton Ephesians 348(15) Mitzi J. Smith Philippians 363(17) Monya A. Stubbs Colossians 380(9) Lloyd A. Lewis 1 Thessalonians 389(12) Cain Hope Felder 2 Thessalonians 401(8) Cain Hope Felder 1-2 Timothy, Titus 409(28) Clarice J. Martin Philemon 437(7) Lloyd A. Lewis Hebrews 444(17) James Earl Massey James 461(15) Gay L. Byron 1 Peter 476(12) Larry George 2 Peter 488(8) Larry George 1-3 John 496(22) Thomas B. Slater Jude 518(5) Larry George Revelation 523(36) Brian K. Blount Appendix: African American New Testament Scholars Holding Doctorates 559(2) Index of Names 561