Abstract:
This article entails a critical investigation of the role of Africa and Africans in the scheme of Salvation in the Old Testament. It identifies the terminology used to refer to Africa and Africans in the ancient period, and critically examines the salvific events in which God used Africa and Africans to deliver the children of Israel.
Description:
This article is a reworking of a commissioned paper presented at the 9th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Association for Biblical Studies, Ogbomosho, Nigeria, 2004.