Notes of a Witness: Echoes of African Language in the Bible

What if we looked at the Bible again—with Africa in view? 

For generations, many Africans across the Diaspora have encountered Scripture through European institutions, translations, and theological traditions. These traditions have profoundly shaped how we read and understand the biblical world. 

But what insights become visible when we look beyond the languages and frameworks of Europe? 

What insights do we gain when the African world in which the biblical story unfolded is brought back into view?

Notes of a Witness explores the contributions of Nile Valley Africa to the world of Scripture by tracing evidence of Nile Valley African influences on the original languages of Scripture — Hebrew and Greek. Drawing together Biblical passages, history, language, traditions, and thematic context, this work invites readers to reconsider familiar Scriptures through the African paradigms that originally shaped their composition.

Notes of a Witness invites us to look again.