“The Promises of Scripture Were All for the Black People”: Sojourner Truth on the Blood of Abel and the Lamb

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION Pub Date : 2024-08-30 DOI:10.1093/jaarel/lfae066

Jeremy Schipper

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Abstract

In a speech delivered on July 4, 1854, Sojourner Truth declared “the blood of one man, Abel, did not call from the ground in vain [Genesis 4:10]. The promises of Scripture were all for the black people.” Some recent biographers of Truth interpret this as a reference to the curse of Cain (Genesis 4:11–13), which, they contend, Truth calls down upon white people. Other scholars have shown how some nineteenth-century Black interpreters used the Cain and Abel story to explain white violence and hatred. Building on both lines of research, I argue that Truth typologically links Abel’s blood to the blood of the lamb in Revelation 7:14. In doing so, Truth is not only invoking the curse of Cain and providing an explanation for white hatred but also offering a scriptural promise for Black people.

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"圣经的承诺都是为了黑人"：索杰纳-真理论亚伯和羔羊的血

Sojourner Truth 在 1854 年 7 月 4 日的一次演讲中宣称："亚伯一个人的血从地上流出来，并不是徒然的[创世纪 4:10]。圣经的承诺都是为了黑人"。最近一些真理传记作者将这句话解释为该隐的诅咒（《创世纪》4:11-13），他们认为，真理是对白人的诅咒。其他学者则说明了十九世纪的一些黑人解释者如何利用该隐和亚伯的故事来解释白人的暴力和仇恨。在这两种研究思路的基础上，我认为真理将亚伯的血与《启示录》7:14 中羔羊的血典型化地联系起来。这样做，真理不仅引用了该隐的诅咒，为白人的仇恨提供了解释，还为黑人提供了圣经的承诺。

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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF RELIGION RELIGION-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of the American Academy of Religion is generally considered to be the leading academic journal in the field of religious studies. Now in volume 77 and with a circulation of over 11,000, this international quarterly journal publishes leading scholarly articles that cover the full range of world religious traditions together with provocative studies of the methodologies by which these traditions are explored. Each issue also contains a large and valuable book review section.