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Books by Brian K. Blount
Cultural
Interpretations /
Then
The Whisper Put On Flesh /
Go
Preach! Mark’s Kingdom Message
Can I Get A Witness /
True to Our Native Land
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Then the
Whisper Put on Flesh
New Testament Ethics an African
American Context
By Brian K. Blount
Reviews
In this
illuminating study, Brian Blount helps readers--especially those
who have not lived in oppressed circumstances--to understand the
new testament from the perspective of an oppressed people.
Through careful analysis he demonstrates how interpreting New
Testament writings from the point of view of African American
slaves reveals the underlying message of liberation in the
biblical texts. Then the
Then the Whisper Put on Fleshinvigorates the
study of New Testament ethics and initiates new openings for
conversation across cultural lines
--Abingdon Press, Publisher
Brian Blount
approaches the New Testament from the perspective of enslaved
African peoples in America. He argues that these African slaves
imported no new information to the biblical text but
discovered within it answers to their most pressing questions
concerning the nature of evil and their quest for freedom. With
a broad brush that surveys the whole of the New Testament,
Blount contends that liberation themes are the central concerns
of each New Testament writer.
Then the Whisper Put on Flesh
is a basic primer in New Testament ethics that will have
enduring power.
--Peter J. Paris,
Elmer G. Homrighausen Professor of
Christian Social Ethics, Princeton Theological Seminary
Imagine an American
slave reading the New Testament in collaboration with a
respected member of the guild of New Testament scholarship. This
book gives voice both to the hermeneutics of the slave and to
the exegetical skills of the guild. The result of the
conversation is an intriguing and challenging retrieval of new
testament ethics. Euro-Americans could learn much, both about
the African American heritage and about scripture, by attending
to this conversation. Brian Blount should be thanked, and his
book should be widely read.
--Allen D. Verhey, Professor of
Religion, Hope College |