{"product_id":"bible-history-of-the-negro-9787291757356","title":"Bible History of the Negro","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard A. Morrisey was a first-rate African-American biblical scholar-a valedictorian of Livingston College and a Doctor of Divinity, president of the Greeneville College, and the pastor of a number of churches in the American South and in Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorrisey published \"Bible History of the Negro,\" with the hope of inspiring a greater desire to read the Bible\" which he describes as giving \"the Negro a place among the foremost races of the world, in wealth, in education, in honor and in religion-a history to which every member of the race may point with great pride and profound gratitude to Almighty God today; for the best way to judge the future of any people is by the past.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorrisey's book of unusual interest importance brings together brings together all the references to the black race in the Bible, covering: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-HAM, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-BATHSHEBA, THE QUEEN OF SHEBA, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\"WISE MEN FROM THE EAST,\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-GENEALOGY OF CHRIST, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-ONE OF THE TWELVE DISCIPLES, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-SIMON THE CYRENIAN, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-MEMBERS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-NIMROD FOUNDER OF THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-MELCHIZEDEK, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-HAGAR AND ISHMAEL, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-RAHAB, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-WORKMEN OF THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-CANDACE, QUEEN OF ETHIOPIA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn debunking Noah's curse of Ham as a justification for slavery, Morrisey writes that Noah \"no doubt was angry at the time and spoke as one in such a temper in those times naturally would speak. Again, God had already blessed the descendants of Ham before Noah made his attempt to curse them; and God had placed his blessings upon them and had not withdrawn it: Noah had no power to revoke whatever God had done, however great his desire to pronounce a curse.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book called \"Bible History of the Negro Race\" is indeed of unusual interest and importance. It may be rightly termed a brief history of some of the world's most illustrious men and women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanfordpub.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50377370894610,"sku":"9787291757356","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ede16547-c756-4c23-872c-de7bd4cf576f.jpg?v=1748709140","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bible-history-of-the-negro-9787291757356","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}