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The Black Presence in the Bible A Selected Bibliography

 Compiled mostly by Runoko Rashidi

 Dedicated to Dr. Charles Buchanan Copher

 

 

Writings of Runoko Rashidi

 

Introduction to African Civilizations / African Presence in Early Asia / Introduction to the Study of African Classical Civilizations

 

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The Black Presence in the Bible A Selected Bibliography

 Compiled by Runoko Rashidi

 Dedicated to Dr. Charles Buchanan Copher

 

According to my understanding of this conference, there is a thesis which defines its nature and purpose.  That thesis is: `The black  religious experience should be included in the curriculums of all Christian theological seminaries.—Dr. Charles B. Copher

Adamo, David Tuesday. The Place of Africa and Africans in the Old Testament and Its Environment. Ann Arbor: UMI Dissertation Information Service, 1986

Adamo, David Tuesday.  Black Women in the Bible. n.p.: n.p., 1987.

Al-Mansour, Khalid Abdullah.  The Destruction of Western Civilization, As Seen Through Islam, Christianity and Judaism. San Francisco: First African Arabian Press, 1982. 

Ammi, Ben.  God, The Black Man and Truth. Chicago: Communicators Press, 1982.

"Artists Portray a Black Christ." Ebony (April 1971).

Barashango, Ishakamusa.  God, the Bible and the Black Man's Destiny: A Treasury of Biblical, Historical and Scientific Facts. Washington, D.C.: IVth Dynasty, 1982. 

Barashango, Ishakamusa.  Afrikan Genesis: Amazing Stories of Man's Beginning. Washington, D.C.: IVth Dynasty, 1991.

Ben-Jochannan, Yosef A.A. African Origins of the Major Western Religions. 1970; rpt. Baltimore: Black Classical Press, 1991.

Ben-Jochannan, Yosef A.A.  A Chronology of the Bible: A Challenge to the Standard Version. New York: Alkebu-lan, 1973.

Ben-Jochannan, Yosef A.A.  The Black Man's Religion, and Extracts and Comments from the Holy Black Bible. New York: Alkebu-lan, 1974.

Ben-Jochannan, Yosef A.A. We the Black Jews, Witness to the `White Jewish Race' Myth, 2 Vols. New York: Alkebu-lan, 1983.

Bennett, Robert A., Jr.  "Africa and the Biblical Period." Harvard Theological Review 64 (1971): 483-500.

"BBB Interviews Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan" Black Books Bulletin 5, No. 4 (1977): 32-36

"BBB Interview Prince Asiel ben-Israel." Black Books Bulletin 5, No. 4 (1977): 38-41.

Blyden, Edward Wilmot.  Christianity, Islam and the Negro Race. London: W.B. Whittingham, 1888.

Boyd, Paul C.  The African Origin of Christianity, Vol. 1: A Biblical and Historical Account. London: Karis Press, 1991.

Brown, Tony.  "What Color is Jesus?" Herald-Despatch, 21 Dec 1989: A-4.

Clarke, John Henrik.  "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black." Brothers and Sisters: Modern Stories by Black Americans. Edited by Arnold Adoff. New York: Dell, 1975: 44-62.

Cleage, Albert B., Jr.  Black Christian Nationalism: New Directions for the Black Church. New York: William Morrow, 1972.

Clegg, Legrand H. II.  "Was Jesus Christ Black?" Sepia (Dec 1980): 10-17.

Copher, Charles B.  "The Black Man in the Biblical World." Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center 1, No. 2 (1974): 7-16.

Copher, Charles B.  "Blacks and Jews in Historical Interaction: The Biblical/African Experience." Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center 3, No. 1 (1975): 9-16.

Copher, Charles B.  "Egypt and Ethiopia in the Old Testament." Nile Valley Civilizations: Proceedings of the Nile Valley Conference, Atlanta, Sept. 26-30. Edited by Ivan Van Sertima. New Brunswick: Transaction Books, 1984: 163-78.

Copher, Charles B.  "Three Thousand Years of Biblical Interpretation with Reference to Black Peoples."  Journal of the Interdenominational Theological Center 13, No. 2 (1986): 225-46.

Copher, Charles B.  "Bible Characteristics, Events, Places and Images Remembered and Celebrated in Black Worship." Journal of Interdenominational Theological Center 14, Nos. 1-2 (1986-87): 75-86.

Copher, Charles B.  Black Biblical Studies: An Anthology of Charles B. Copher (Biblical and Theological Issues on the Black Presence in the Bible). Chicago: Black Light Fellowship, 1993  

Darkwah, Doris.  "The Role of Africa in the Rise of Judaism." Black Books Bulletin 5, No. 4 (1977): 6-11.

Dillard, William Larue.  Biblical Ancestry Voyage: Revealing Facts of Significant Black Characters. Foreword by O.C. Jones. Morristown: Aaron Press, 1989.

Drake, J.G. St. Clair.  "The Black Experience in Medieval European Christendom." Section in Black Folk Here and There: An Essay in History and Anthropology, Vol. 2. Los Angeles: Center for Afro-American Studies, UCLA, 1990: 185-202.

Drake, J.G. St. Clair.  "Blackness in the Christian Synthesis of Judaic and Greco-Roman Traditions." Section in BBlack Folk Here and There: An Essay in History and Anthropology, Vol. 2. Los Angeles:  Center for Afro-American Studies, UCLA, 1990: 203-26.  

Dunston, Alfred G., Jr. The Black Man in the Old Testament and its World. Philadelphia: Dorrance & Co., 1974.

Felder, Cain Hope. Troubling Biblical Waters: Race, Class, and Family. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1989.  

Finch, Charles S.  Echoes of the Old Darkland: Themes from the African Eden. Decatur: Khenti, Inc., 1991.

Fuller, Hoyt W.  "An Interview: The Original Hebrew Israelite Nation." Black World 24, No. 7 (1975): 62-85.

Hansberry, William Leo.  "Historical Facts Challenge Notion that Christianity is the Religion of the West."  Ebony (Jan 1965).

Hayne, Joseph Elias.  The Negro in Sacred History, Or, Ham and His Immediate Descendants. Charleston: Hayne, 1887

Holly, Alonzo Potter.  God and the Negro: Synopsis of God and the Negro of the Biblical Record or the Race of Ham. Foreword by William V. Tunnell. Nashville: National Baptist Publishing Board, 1937.

Hyman, MarkBlacks Who Died for Jesus: A History Book. Philadelphia: Corrective Black History Books, 1983.

Jackson, John G.  Introduction to African Civilizations. Replica Books, 2001.

Jackson, John. G. "Egypt and Christianity." Egypt Revisited. Edited by Ivan Van Sertima. New Brunswick: Transaction Books, 1982: 65-80.

Jackson, John G.  Was Jesus Christ A Negro? and The African Origin of the Myths and Legends of the Garden of Eden. Chicago: MASS, Inc., 1984.

Jackson, John GChristianity Before Christ. Austin: American Atheist Press, 1985.

Jackson, John GPagan Origins of the Christ Myth. American Atheist Press, 1989.

Johnson, John L. The Black Biblical Heritage: Four Thousand Years of Black Biblical History. Rev. ed. Nashville: Winston-Derek, 1993.

McCray, Walter Arthur.  The Black Presence in the Bible: Discovering the Black and African Identity of Biblical Persons and Nations. Chicago: Black Light Fellowship, 1990.

McCray, Walter Arthur.  The Black Presence in the Bible and the Table of Nations Genesis 10:1-32 with Emphasis on the Hamitic Genealogical Line from a Black Perspective. Chicago: Black Light Fellowship, 1990.

McKissic, William Dwight, SrBeyond Roots: In Search of Blacks in the Bible. Foreword by Anthony T. Evans. Wenoah, NJ: Renaissance Productions, 1990.

McKissic, William Dwight, Sr., and Anthony T. Evans.  Beyond Roots II, If Anybody Ask You Who I Am: A Deeper Look at Blacks in the Bible. Foreword by Roland G. Hardy, Jr. Wenonah, NJ: Renaissance Productions, 1994.

Moseley, William.  What Color Was Jesus? Introductions by Frank M. Reid III and Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. Chicago: African American Images, 1987.

One-Hundred Amazing Facts on the African Presence in the Bible. Nashville: Winston-Derek, 1992.

Paris, Hilu.  "Africa and the Bible." Appendix to Black Christian Nationalism: New Directions for the Black Church, Albert B. Cleage, Jr. New York: Morrow, 1972: 275-81.

Person-Lynn, Kwaku.  "The Nicene Conference: Foundations of the Bible." Los Angeles Sentinel, 17 Jan 1991: A-8.

Person-Lynn, Kwaku.  "Original Jews Were Black." Los Angeles Sentinel, 4 April 1991: A-8.

Poinsett, Alex.  "The Quest for a Black Christ." Ebony (March 1969).

Rhoades, F.S.  Black Characters and References of the Holy Bible. New York: Vantage Press, 1980.

Saakana, Amon Saba, ed.  The Afrikan Origins of the Major World Religions. London: Karnak House, 1988.

Scobie, Edward.  "African Popes." African Presence in Early Europe. Edited by Ivan Sertima. New Brunswick: Transaction Books, 96-107.

Walsh, Martin de Porres. The Ancient Black Christians. San Francisco: Julian Richardson, 1969.  

Watley, William D. The African Presence in the Bible: Gospel Sermons Rooted in History. Judson Press, 2000,

Watterman, Kathy Ann.  "In Search of Black Characters in the Bible." Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov 1989: E11.

Watts, Daud Mailk.  The Black Presence in the Lands of the Bible. Washington, D.C.: Afro-Vision, 1990.

Williams, Larry Obadele, and Moses L. Buie.  Africans in Biblical Heritage and Historiography: A Research Source Guide. Atlanta: Ipet Isut, 1989.

Windsor, Rudolph R.  From Babylon to Timbuktu: A History of the Ancient Black Races Including the Black Hebrews. New York: Exposition Press.

Make liberal use also of The Global African Presence 

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