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| Series Preface | |
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| Author's Preface | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Ethnic Make-up of the Old Testament World | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Ethnicity | |
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| The "Asiatics": Israel and Her "Semitic" Cousins | |
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| The Cushites | |
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| The Egyptians | |
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| The Indo-Europeans | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Creation, Blessing and Race (Genesis 1--12) | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Created in the Image of God | |
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| The So-Called "Curse of Ham" (Genesis 9:18-27) | |
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| The Table of Nations (Genesis 10) | |
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| Blessing for All Families of the World (Genesis 12) | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Israel, the Torah, Foreigners and Intermarriage | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Formation of Israel | |
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| The Sojourner and the Foreigner | |
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| Moses and Intermarriage | |
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| Phinehas the Priest | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Israel and Black Africa During the Monarchy | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Cushite Soldiers in the ANE prior to the Israelite Monarchy | |
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| Soldiers and Generals: Cushites in the Early Monarchy | |
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| Enemies and Allies: Cush, Assyria and Judah | |
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| Postscript: Cushite Soldiers in the ANE after the Monarchy | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Racial Issues in the Prophets | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Judgment and Blessing in Isaiah | |
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| Amos: Are You the Same to Me as Cushites? | |
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| The Prophetic Voice in Psalms | |
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| Zephaniah and the Name Cushi | |
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| Ebed-Melech the Cushite | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Ethnic Make-up of the New Testament World | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Greco-Roman World (Greeks and Barbarians) | |
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| The Jewish Diaspora--Black Africa (Cush, Meroe, Ethiopia) | |
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| North Africa (Berbers, Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans) | |
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| Anatolia (Celts and Others) | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Race and the Theology of Luke-Acts | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Other Gospels | |
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| Luke: Abraham and the Blessing for All Nations | |
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| The Good Samaritan | |
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| The Ethiopian Eunuch | |
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| Simeon Called Niger | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Race, Pauline Theology and the Apocalypse | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Galatians: Neither Jew Nor Greek | |
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| Colossians: Neither Barbarian Nor Scythian | |
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| Ephesians: Unity in the Church | |
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| Paul and the Nations | |
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| Revelation: From Every Tribe, Language, People and Nation | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Conclusions and Applications | |
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| Synthesizing Conclusions | |
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| Final Thoughts | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index of Modern Authors | |
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| Index of Scripture References | |
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| Index of Ancient Sources | |