Black Bible Chronicles

Black Bible Chronicles

"Black Bible Chronicles" is a dynamic equivalence Bible translation series. "Black Bible Chronicles: From Genesis to the Promised Land" is a 190-page "interpretation" of the Pentateuch. Book 2, titled "Rappin' With Jesus: The Good News According to the Four Brothers", was released a year later and includes similarly interpreted versions of the four gospels in 168 pages. There has been no announcement concerning further releases in the series for the remainder of the Biblical books.

The "Black Bible Chronicles" books were all written by P.K. McCary as a way to bring the "message of life into the language of the streets" ref_harv|Intro|McCary, 1993, p. v|none. The original Biblical passages are summarized; the rhythm of the original verses is maintained, but the vocabulary and phrasing uses African American Vernacular English (AAVE or Ebonics). Excerpts are copyrighted, but can be read in some of the external links from this article.

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*Miscellaneous Bible translations

References

*note_label|Intro|McCary, 1993, p. v|nonecite book | first=P. K. | last=McCary | title=Black Bible Chronicles: From Genesis to the Promised Land | publisher=African American Family Press | location=New York | year=1993 | month=September | id=ISBN 1-56977-000-X Introduction by Andrew Young, activist and former mayor of Atlanta.
*cite book | first=P. K. | last=McCary | title=Rappin' With Jesus: The Good News According to the Four Brothers | publisher=African American Family Press | location=New York | year=1994 | month=February | id=ISBN 1-56977-005-0
*cite book | first=P. K. | last=McCary | title=Black Bible Chronicles | publisher=African American Family Press | edition=Box set; paperbacks | location=New York | year=1995 | month=January | id=ISBN 1-56977-010-7

External links

*cite web | title=Jesus Raps with the Brothers on the Hill | work=Beliefnet | url=http://www.beliefnet.com/story/8/story_859_1.html | accessdate=2006-05-15 Excerpt of the Beatitudes.
*cite web | title=The Almighty said: "Lighten up!" | work=Ship of Fools | url=http://cargo.ship-of-fools.com/Features98/Unauthorized/Bible1.html | accessdate=2006-05-15 Excerpt of the Creation according to Genesis.
*cite web | title=The Ten Commandments | work=Harper's Magazine | url=http://beebo.org/smackerels/ten-commandments.html | accessdate=2006-05-15 Excerpt of the Ten Commandments in the January 1995 issue.


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