A groundbreaking challenge to biblical interpretation-rooted in Hebrew, manuscripts, canon history, and the lived experience of the African and Black Diaspora.
Across Scripture and tradition, one truth has been suppressed: Israel's story cannot be separated from the story of the Diaspora. This work restores that connection through linguistic precision, manuscript comparison, and historical critique.
Tovi Mickel, recognized by the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) as a shortlisted finalist for the Bernadette J. Brooten Award, examines the textual, historical, and cultural fractures that shaped the Bibles we read today. This is not a devotional reinterpretation-it is a forensic investigation of Scripture's foundations.
What This Book Reveals
How canon formation reshaped Israelite identity The suppressed feminine voice of God Hebrew linguistic structures behind mistranslations Diasporic memory theory and why it matters Comparisons across the Tanakh, Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, NT, and rabbinic texts How imperial theology shaped Christian doctrine Hebraic typologies: bronze serpent, Azazel, the seh, messianic patterns Where African, Afro-Asiatic, and Semitic histories intersect
Why This Work Stands OutIt confronts questions most seminaries avoid. It returns Scripture to its Hebrew, diasporic, historical, and manuscript context, aligning with academic research while challenging its blind spots.
Who This Book Is For
Readers seeking truth beyond tradition Hebrews, Christians, and Diaspora communities reclaiming identity Scholars, seminarians, and educators Anyone who feels ""something is missing"" in traditional explanations
A Bold and Transformative ContributionMickel equips readers with evidence, language, manuscript data, historical grounding, and a liberating diasporic perspective.
This is one of the most daring Hebraic-diasporic critiques of our time-a book that challenges, restores, and remembers.
