02448nam a2200481Ka 4500 ocn751977974 OCoLC 20200709055414.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 110912s2011 flu ob s001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780813037325 0813037328 9780813040516 (electronic bk.) 0813040515 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)751977974 387240 (N$T) n-us--- BS1450 68th .K39 2011eb REL 006210 bisacsh REL 006740 bisacsh 223/.20608996073 23 N$TA Kay, Roy. The Ethiopian prophecy in Black American letters [electronic resource] / Roy Kay. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2011. 1 online resource (xi, 258 p.) Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: the inch and ells of Psalm 68:31 -- Early Jewish and Christian figures of Ethiopia -- Managing Blackness: Protestant readings of Psalm 68:31 in colonial America -- Uplifting Ethiopia in America: conversion, self-consciousness, and the figure of Ethiopia -- Missionary emigrationism: Psalm 68:31 and uplifting the Ethiopians in Africa -- Psalm 68:31 and the fight for freedom and equality in antebellum America -- Reading for independence: the figure of Ethiopia and the new Africa -- Rewriting Psalm 68:31: narrative formations of Ethiopia -- Figural exhaustion: parodying the figures of Ethiopia -- Conclusion: reading and refiguring the figures of Ethiopia. Description based on print version record. Bible. O.T. Psalms LXVIII, 31 Criticism, interpretation, etc. Ethiopia in the Bible. Bible. O.T. Prophecies. African Americans Religion. RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Old Testament bisacsh RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Wisdom Literature bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Kay, Roy. Ethiopian prophecy in Black American letters. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2011 9780813037325 (DLC) 2011018967 (OCoLC)709674045 NetLibrary http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=387240 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50551 50551