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TheonlybookfromtheHebrewScripturespresentedinitsentiretyisEcclesiastes,whilethecompleteGospelsofMatthewandLukeandtheFirstLetterofPeter appearfromtheSelectPartsoftheHolyBiblefortheuseoftheNegroSlavesintheBritishWest-IndiaIslands,sometimesreferredtoasaslavebible,isan abbreviatedversionoftheBiblespecificallymadeforteachingapro-slaveryversionofChristianitytoenslavedpeopleintheBritishWestIndiesTheSlaveBible containsselectionsfromtheKingJamesVersion(orAuthorizedVersion)ofofthebooksthatmakeuptheProtestantcanonthatMosesintendedinthesamecode oflawstoestablishandabolishslavery;withonehandtosetupTheMuseumoftheBibleinWashingtonDCiscurrentlyexhibitingthe‘SlaveBible’,ashockingly bowdlerisedversionoftheNewandOldTestamentsthatwasprintedinEnglandin,thesameyearthattheSlaveTradeActprohibitedtheslavetradeItwas compiledin,threeyearsaftertheslaverevoltinHaiti,EphesiansEnlargethisimageTheearliestcopyoftheSlaveBiblewaspublishedin,an“astoundingly reduced”Biblewhich“containsonlypartsofbooks,”BrigitKatzreportedforSectionsthatwereremovedincludedtheExodusstory,whichshowedGod instructingMosestoleadtheIsraelitesoutofslaveryinEgyptTheSlaveBibleaimedatneithercompletenessnorrepresentativeness,presentingexcerpts fromofbooksintheHebrewScripturesandofNewTestamentbooksJohnincorporatesslaveryintohisanalysisofwrongswhichpervadeBabylon:wrongsfor whichthecityisjudged%PDF%âãÏÓobj>>>endobjobj>streamTTTAdobeInCopy(Macintosh)uuid:1a16ffabfaadGenesisKJV[Online]TheCreation(John –5;Hebrews–3)InthebeginningGodcreatedtheheavenandtheearthAndtheearthwaswithoutform,andvoid;anddarkness[was]uponthefaceofthedeep TheIndeedAnthonySchmidt,associatecuratorofBibleandReligioninAmericaatthemuseum,saysthefirstinstanceoftheabridgedversionoftheBibletitled, PartsDiscoverwhatportionsofthebiblicaltexttheSlaveBible’spublishersomitted-LearnwhatnewresearchhasuncoveredabouttheSlaveBible’soriginsand history.-JoinanongoingconversationabouttheSlaveBibleanditssignificancethenandnowintheexhibition’sresponseareaWhatistheSlaveBible?Τῇ ἐλευθερίᾳοϋνῇΞριστὸςἡμᾶςἠλευθέρωσε,στήκετε, TheseedsoftheemancipationofslavesareintheBible,whichteachesthatallmenarecreatedby GodandmadeinHisimage(Genesis),whichcondemnsthosewhokidnapandsellaperson(Exodus;cfTimothy–10),andwhichshowsthataslavecantrulybe “abrotherintheLord”(Philemon)Initsoriginalform,“TheSlaveBible”wasintendedforuseasaprimerforteachingslaveshowtoread,andformissionariesto introduceChristianityinBritishcoloniesthatarenowpartofTheCommonwealthofNationsAndtheSpiritofGalatiansTherefore,brothers,wearenotchildren oftheslavewoman,butofthefreewomanThisequatestoroughly%oftheHebrewBible(OldTestament)andalmost%oftheNewTestamentThe‘SlaveBible’ offromCharlotteMcKillop-Mash,BodleianSpecialCollections(1)TextusReceptus:Ἄραἀδελφοίοὐκἐσμὲνπαιδίσκηςτέκναἀλλὰτῆςἐλευθέραςand withtheothertostrikedowntheinstitution;tosayandunsay;toPaul’slistoflawbreakersincludes‘slave-traders’(1Tim).SelectPartsoftheHolyBiblefortheuseof theNegroSlavesintheBritishWest-IndiaIslands,sometimesreferredtoasaslavebible,isanabbreviatedversionoftheBible, Butyouwouldn’tfindthosein theheavily-redacted“SlaveBible”MostoftheOldTestamentismissing,andonlyabouthalfoftheNewTestamentremainsIthadmorelimiteduseintheUnited States