The Black Man in the Old Testament and Its World: A Study of the Facts That Are Revealed in the Authorized (King James Version of the Holy Bible Du) [Hardcover]

Alfred G., Jr. Dunston (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1992 | Series: King James Version of the Holy Bible Du

An attempt to portray the Black man as he was viewed during the Old Testament times.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Since the opening years of the sixteenth century, Christian biblical scholarship has been the ally of racism, sometimes delibertely and sometimes unconsciously. The alliance has run the gamut from avid support of the black inferiority myth to a mere indifference to the situation; and at both extremes, the racial myths have found growing room. In all likelihood there are millions fo Christians today who still believe that the curse of Noah feel upon the black man. This fallacy was once taught by leading scholars and writers fo their day, and the successors of those scholars and writers have done very little to erase the fallacy. Secular writers have done more to correct these myths than biblical ones; and this is possibly one of the reasons that many young black Americans call the Holy Scripture 'the white man's bible.'

"This book attempts to do something that should have been done at least four hundred years ago. it attempts to portray the black man as he was viewed during the Old Testament times." --from the Preface --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 163 pages
• Publisher: Africa World Pr; 1st Africa World Press ed edition (January 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865433046
• ISBN-13: 978-0865433045
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,193,980 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ancient african history, December 23, 1999

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O. B. Makhubela (South Africa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Black Man in the Old Testament and Its World (Paperback)

A book that seeks to clear the muddle of distorted African history, especially as found in the bible. The book starts by explaining the origin and meaning of the word Negro as an introduction. It then informs the reader of the many black people of the bible like, Zipporah the Ethiopian (wife to Moses), the great pharaoh Taharqa, Absolm (David's son) and the great Candaces (Black women warriors) of Sudan, just to mention a few. The chapters are short yet very informative. Although I was not that convinced regarding the identity of Moses: ie was he a black jew or otherwise? Yet a good book of black history especially in the old testament.

5.0 out of 5 stars A FASCINATING TREATMENT OF A RARE SUBJECT, September 2, 2011

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Steven H. Propp (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Black Man in the Old Testament and Its World (Paperback)

Alfred G. Dunston Jr. (1915-1995) was a bishop of the A.M.E. Zion Church and an early leader in the struggle for civil rights and racial equality. This was his only book.

He wrote in the Preface to this 1992 book, "In the following pages, there is an attempt to produce the type of book that is greatly needed and has been needed for a very long time; for the presence of the black man on the Old Testament scene is a subject that has not heretofore proved very inviting to many writers."

Here are some additional quotations from the book:

"Ethiopia is a Greek term meaning 'burnt faces,' and was obviously applied by the Greeks because of the skin color of the inhabitants of the Sudan... The same nation that was called Cush by the Egyptians and ancient Hebrews, was called Ethiopia by the Greeks and Nubia by the Christians." (Pg. 15)

"In the prophecy of Jeremiah (13:23) a question is asked that has become one of the most familiar Bible passages, 'Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?'" (Pg. 46)

"Throughout her post-Isaac history, various people and personalities of Israel contracted marriages with foreign people. Moses, for example, married the Ethiopian Zipporah. Boaz married Ruth the Moabitess. David married the daughter of a Geshurite king, and he also married Beersheba the Hittite... Solomon in turn married many foreign or strange women (1 Kings 11:1), including the Canaanite woman who bore Rehoboam, later to be king in Solomon's stead. David's sister Abigail was the wife of Jether the Ishmaelite, and the famous architect and designer Hiram of Tyre was the son of an Israelite woman and a man of Tyre." (Pg. 88-89)

5.0 out of 5 stars We're in the Bible!, July 10, 2009

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Edwin Jackson (Maryland) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Black Man in the Old Testament and Its World (Paperback)

This book has helped me so much to discover that God did include me in the Bible. Gave me a sense of identity and really built up my self-esteem! Chocked full of insightful knowledge!