The Black Presence in the Bible: Discovering the Black and African Identity of Biblical Persons and Nations

Provocative study of pervasive presence of Black peoples in Biblical history. Bible is approached as a reliable historical, cultural, ethnological, & geographical record of ancient Black peoples. Sections deal with using sources, identifying Blacks, definition of "Blackness," the Cushites, Black presence among the Hebrew, Israelite, Judahite, Jewish community. Numerous persons & nations are identified as Black & substantiated. Includes map, charts, illustrations, notes, bibliography, appendices. This volume 1, complements volume 2; dealing with an in depth study of the Table of Nations (Genesis 10:1-32).McCray, Walter A. is the author of 'The Black Presence in the Bible: Discovering the Black and African Identity of Biblical Persons and Nations', published 1990 under ISBN 9780933176126 and ISBN 0933176120.