Notre Dame’s First Year Dean Hugh Page edits new book on Africana biblical studies | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Notre Dame’s First Year Dean Hugh Page edits new book on Africana biblical studies Notre Dame’s First Year Dean Hugh Page edits new book on Africana biblical studies Published: December 21, 2009 Author: Michael O. Garvey “The Africana Bible: Reading Israel’s Scriptures from Africa and the African Diaspora,” a new book edited by Hugh R. Page Jr., dean of the First Year of Studies and associate professor of Theology and Africana Studies at the University of Notre Dame, recently was published by Fortress Press. Page directed a team of editors from the Society of Biblical Literature’s African-American Biblical Hermeneutics Section in gathering a groundbreaking collection of essays by biblical scholars from Africa and the African Diaspora. The essays introduce and explore a wide variety of African and African-Diasporan perspectives on the texts of the Hebrew Bible, Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha; examine Africana historical, literary and cultural matrices for understanding biblical literature; explore the intersections of Bible interpretation with issues of race, ethnicity, nationalism, class, gender and sexuality; consider the role the Bible has played in African and African-Diasporan intellectual history; and provide insight into the interpretive norms and conventions at work in African and African-Diasporan readings of the Bible. The book includes illustrations of artwork reflective of its themes and maps of the world of ancient Israel, Africa and the global dispersion of African people. According to Page, “The Africana Bible” is “an unprecedented work” that “lays the foundation for a new subfield: Africana biblical studies. It seeks to utilize the life experiences and material cultures of Africana people globally to engage Scripture.” A member of the Notre Dame faculty since 1992, Page has taught classes in biblical studies, Near Eastern languages, ancient myth and theology. His scholarly interests include early Hebrew poetry, Africana biblical interpretation, esoterism in Africa and the African Diaspora, poetry as medium for theological expression, and the use of religious traditions and sacred texts in the construction of individual and corporate identity in the Africana world. Contact: Hugh R. Page, 574-631-4573, Page.6@nd.edu Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn