Historic Negro Spirituals as Biblical Interpretation

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1. Contents No access
2. Author’s Foreword from the 1967 Edition No access
3. Acknowledgment No access
4. Translator’s Introduction No access
5. Introducing My Mother,Rev. Dr. Christa Klingbeil Dixon No access
“Negro Spirituals”: The Interpretation of Scripture ina Religious Folk Tradition No access Pages 1 - 2
Introduction and Literature Review No access Pages 3 - 8
Chapter 1: Laying the Groundwork for Understanding the Negro Spirituals No access Pages 9 - 37
Chapter 2: On the Combining of Biblical Passages No access Pages 38 - 69
Chapter 3: On the Combination of Biblical Statements No access Pages 70 - 96
Chapter 4: On Modernizing and “Re-Contextualizing” Biblical Statements No access Pages 97 - 124
Chapter 5: On the Structuring of Biblical Statements No access Pages 125 - 145
Chapter 6: Summary No access Pages 146 - 148
Second Part No access Pages 149 - 152
Lyrics Section No access Pages 153 - 272
Works Cited No access Pages 273 - 308
Part One: Toward An Appreciation of Biblical Lyrics in Spirituals No access Pages 309 - 350
Index No access Pages 351 - 352
Selected Biblical Reference Index No access Pages 353 - 358
About the Editors No access Pages 359 - 360