Religion 315: Cushites

Note: Each individual chapter below has a link that should go directly to the chapter itself. If any link does not work, please contact Professor Dubei at the Library. 

• Burrell, Kevin. Cushites in the Hebrew Bible: Negotiating Ethnic Identity in the Hebrew Bible. Leiden: Brill, 2020. (ebook at Houghton)
  • Read Chapter 10 (conclusion) and Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9

• Sadler, Rodney. Can a Cushite Change his Skin?: An Examination of Race, Ethnicity, and Othering in the Hebrew Bible. New York: T &T Clark, 2005. (ebook at Houghton)
  • Read Conclusion and Chapter 2, 3, or 4 (Since Chapter 3 is longer, three of five main examples may be read) (Recommended: also read Chapter 1 (which is the introduction))

• Callahan, Allen Dwight. The Talking Book: African Americans and the Bible. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006. (also available as a print book on reserve at Houghton Library)
  • Read Chapter 1 and Chapter 6 (Recommended: also read Chapters 2 and 3)

• Goldenberg, David M. The Curse of Ham: Race and Slavery in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005. (print book on reserve at Houghton Library)
  • Read Conclusion and Chapter 1, 2, or 8 (physical copy found in the library, not an ebook).

• Weems, Renita J. Just a Sister Away: A Womanist Vision of Women’s Relationships in the Bible. San Diego, CA: LuraMedia, 1988. (print book on reserve at Houghton Library)
  • Read Foreword and “In Law, In Love (Miriam and her Cushite Sister-in-Law)”