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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240327T190000
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URL:https://firstafrikanchurch.org/events/wednesday-bible-study-black-hist
 ory-womens-history-2024-03-27/
SUMMARY:Wednesday Bible Study (Black History & Women's History)
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 \n\nGo down Moses\nWay down in Egypt land\nTell old Pharaoh\nTo let my peo
 ple go!\nOh when Israel was in Egypt land\nLet my people go!\nOppressed so
  hard\, they could not stand\nLet my people go!\n-African American Spiritu
 al\n\n\n\n\nThe lyrics of the spiritual “Go Down Moses” were used by H
 arriet Tubman and other conductors of the Underground Railroad to help ens
 laved Africans in the American South to navigate towards Northern cities s
 afely in hopes of obtaining freedom from bondage. The song is a musical re
 telling of the events found in the Book of Exodus in which Moses\, under t
 he direction of Yahweh\, leads the Hebrews out of Egypt\, where they found
  themselves under the yoke of slavery. As African Americans adopted the Bi
 blical text into their sacred ontology\, they became the embodiment of the
  Biblical Hebrews. The ‘South’ was their ‘Egypt’ and the ‘North
 ’ was their ‘Promised Land’ which was flowing with milk and honey. M
 ost importantly\, God was seen as the one orchestrating their liberation.\
 n\nThis is not to say that the acknowledgement of God was ushered into the
  African psyche through the Biblical text or any of the religions that Afr
 icans came into contact with outside of their indigenous religious identit
 ies. To the contrary\, Africans already had an understanding of the Creato
 r\, which was syncretized with new nuances but yet continued to undergird 
 their theology. Therefore\, God was merely ‘re-imagined’ in the lives 
 of Africans as opposed to being introduced. For Vincent Wimbush and Theoph
 us Smith\, Africans understood the text within this perspective. So even a
  text that was meant to further oppress\, was interpreted as a paradigm fo
 r liberation.\n\nThe message of liberation is still prevalent today depend
 ing on how one chooses to read it. As we celebrate the triumphs of African
  Americans at First African Church\, we continue to read the text from the
  perspective of liberation and acknowledging the God within us before capt
 ivity. We will examine the Exodus event and explicate the motifs of freedo
 m and what that looks like in the modern era.\n\nSome Womanist theologians
  have helped us to see how the plight of Women is usually left out of this
  discourse and also how while celebrating the liberation of the Israelites
 \, there is a celebration of the subjugation of others. We will\, in the s
 pirit of inclusivity also discuss the acts of Women in the text without wh
 om liberation would not be possible. This will be explored especially in t
 he month of March which is Women’s History Month.\n\nWe will also highli
 ght themes of the text that help to portray the text as an ‘African’ t
 ext which is inherently what it is. Scholars such as Edward Bruce Bynum\, 
 Gary Greenberg and Sigmund Freud have argued for an African origin of the 
 Israelites and when the text is read with an African lens\, spiritual and 
 religious ideas from Kemetic Culture are realized. More importantly\, libe
 ration will be seen as an act of God. The call to Moses to go tell Pharaoh
  ‘let my people go’ has not changed. God calls us to the same mission 
 today. We are God’s children. Actually\, ALL human beings are made in th
 e image and likeness of God.\n\n\n\n\nWomen’s History Month \nWednesday\
 , February 28\nBiblical Text: Exodus 2:5-10\n\n\n\nWednesday\, March 6\nBi
 blical Text:  Numbers 12:1-15\n\n\n\nWednesday\, March 13\nBiblical Text:
   2 Kings 22:11-20\n\n\n\nWednesday\, March 20\nBiblical Text:  Judges 4
 :4-10\n\n\n\nWednesday\, March 27\nBiblical Text:  Mark 15:40 and 16:8
CATEGORIES:bible study
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