Taking up the reading of a poignant passage of scriptures as analytical wedge, this work is an impressive study of the complexity of the history of African American identity formation and orientation to the world. Vincent L. Wimbush, author of The Bible and African Americans: A Brief History

Sound, theoretically sophisticated, and yields brilliant readings of the text, The Ethiopian Prophecy in Black American Letters will stand the test of time. Katherine Clay Bassard, author of Transforming Scriptures: African American Women Writers and the Bible

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