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Two hundred years ago, the “curse of Ham” was used to legitimize slavery. Both Ethiopians and Arabians claim the queen of Sheba, and it is thought that Moses and Jesus may have been black. Much has been said about the connection between Africa and the Bible. Unfortunately, despite numerous references to Africa and Africans in the Bible, most scholarly works exploring ancient Africa ignore...

have harbored a definite racial bias against blacks. Some of them have refused to accept the idea that Ethiopians are to be considered black people and have gone as far as locating biblical Ethiopia as far away as in Mesopotamia. The Original African Heritage Study Bible contains an essay by Maggie Peebles entitled “African Edenic Women and the Scriptures,” in which she makes this unfounded statement about Candace: “She is credited for bringing Christianity to her country by sending her high treasurer
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