Abraham Smith, Ph.D. (1989), Vanderbilt University, is Professor of New Testament at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. In addition to his most recent monograph, Mark: Shaping the Life and Legacy of Jesus (Bloomsbury, 2017), he has co-edited Semeia journal volumes (83/84, 1998) on slavery (Slavery in Text and Interpretation) and published many essays and articles on Cultural Studies and African American Biblical Criticism.

I find S.’s work compelling. It is very learned and is presented with meticulous attention to detail. I suggest it is vitally important for biblical studies to embrace this field and to allow it to become more central—not just as a way of readjusting power structures which marginalised Black/Africana perspectives in the field, but also because it is a useful hermeneutical tool for analysing power dynamics in texts. After all, who is the Bible for? Our field so desperately needs more diversity, so this is a welcome arrival.Katherine E. Southwood, SOTS Review

• Black/Africana Studies and Black/Africana Biblical StudiesAbraham SmithAbstractKeywords1 IntroductionPart 1. Black/Africana Studies2 Defining Black/Africana StudiesPart 2. Black/Africana Biblical Studies3 Defining Black/Africana Biblical Studies4 ConclusionBibliography

Abraham Smith, Ph.D. (1989), Vanderbilt University, is Professor of New Testament at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. In addition to his most recent monograph, Mark: Shaping the Life and Legacy of Jesus (Bloomsbury, 2017), he has co-edited Semeia journal volumes (83/84, 1998) on slavery (Slavery in Text and Interpretation) and published many essays and articles on Cultural Studies and African American Biblical Criticism.

I find S.’s work compelling. It is very learned and is presented with meticulous attention to detail. I suggest it is vitally important for biblical studies to embrace this field and to allow it to become more central—not just as a way of readjusting power structures which marginalised Black/Africana perspectives in the field, but also because it is a useful hermeneutical tool for analysing power dynamics in texts. After all, who is the Bible for? Our field so desperately needs more diversity, so this is a welcome arrival.Katherine E. Southwood, SOTS Review

• Black/Africana Studies and Black/Africana Biblical StudiesAbraham SmithAbstractKeywords1 IntroductionPart 1. Black/Africana Studies2 Defining Black/Africana StudiesPart 2. Black/Africana Biblical Studies3 Defining Black/Africana Biblical Studies4 ConclusionBibliography

Abraham Smith, Ph.D. (1989), Vanderbilt University, is Professor of New Testament at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. In addition to his most recent monograph, Mark: Shaping the Life and Legacy of Jesus (Bloomsbury, 2017), he has co-edited Semeia journal volumes (83/84, 1998) on slavery (Slavery in Text and Interpretation) and published many essays and articles on Cultural Studies and African American Biblical Criticism.

I find S.’s work compelling. It is very learned and is presented with meticulous attention to detail. I suggest it is vitally important for biblical studies to embrace this field and to allow it to become more central—not just as a way of readjusting power structures which marginalised Black/Africana perspectives in the field, but also because it is a useful hermeneutical tool for analysing power dynamics in texts. After all, who is the Bible for? Our field so desperately needs more diversity, so this is a welcome arrival.Katherine E. Southwood, SOTS Review

• Black/Africana Studies and Black/Africana Biblical StudiesAbraham SmithAbstractKeywords1 IntroductionPart 1. Black/Africana Studies2 Defining Black/Africana StudiesPart 2. Black/Africana Biblical Studies3 Defining Black/Africana Biblical Studies4 ConclusionBibliography