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Slave Bible From 1800 Omitted Key Passages That Could Incite Rebellion by dydx2020(m): 1:37am On Oct 05, 2022
Slave Bible From The 1800s Omitted Key Passages That Could Incite Rebellion.

On display now at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., is a special exhibit centered on a rare Bible from the 1800s that was used by British missionaries to convert and educate slaves.

What's notable about this Bible is not just its rarity, but its content, or rather the lack of content. It excludes any portion of text that might inspire rebellion or liberation.
It was intended for use among enslaved Africans in the British West Indies, which is modern day Caribbeans, so Jamaica, Barbados, Antigua," he says.


Anthony Schmidt, associate curator of Bible and Religion in America at the museum, says the first instance of this abridged version titled, Parts of the Holy Bible, selected for the use of the Negro Slaves, in the British West-India Islands, was published in 1807.

About 90 percent of the Old Testament is missing [and] 50 percent of the New Testament is missing," Schmidt says. "Put in another way, there are 1,189 chapters in a standard protestant Bible. This Bible contains only 232."

Schmidt says passages that could have prompted rebellion were removed, for example:

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:28
And verses that reinforced the institution of slavery, including "the most famous pro-slavery verse that many pro-slavery people would have cited," says Schmidt, were kept.

"Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ." Ephesians 6:5.
Schmidt says there are several theories behind the editing and omitting of so much of the standard Bible, but the main thought stems from the fact that farmers in the West Indies were opposed to missionaries worked with the enslaved Africans on their land.

"This can be seen as an attempt to appease the planter class saying, 'Look, we're coming here. We want to help uplift materially these Africans here but we're not going to be teaching them anything that could incite rebellion.' " Schmidt says. "Coming in and being able to educate African slaves would prepare them one day for freedom, but at the same time would not cause them to seek it more aggressively."

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Re: Slave Bible From 1800 Omitted Key Passages That Could Incite Rebellion by budaatum: 1:46am On Oct 05, 2022
I tell people that if satan can meddle in the Garden of Eden, why wouldn't it meddle with the Bible!

I'm borrowing this please.
Re: Slave Bible From 1800 Omitted Key Passages That Could Incite Rebellion by budaatum: 1:52am On Oct 05, 2022
budaatum:
The below shows how slaves are made to be slaves. Just convince people that they'd die if they eat of of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and you wouldn't even need to put chains on them to keep them from running away.

https://www.nairaland.com/7348804/those-read-only-one-book#117279798
Re: Slave Bible From 1800 Omitted Key Passages That Could Incite Rebellion by hollaway: 3:41am On Oct 05, 2022
It has never change till today. The jew will fover give you the opposite of the message of our creator as been presented by His true messangers in other not reveal their hatered for God and humanity. That is why they will keep editing bible to suit their mission in decieving people till end of time
Re: Slave Bible From 1800 Omitted Key Passages That Could Incite Rebellion by superCleanworks(m): 7:10am On Oct 05, 2022
interesting
Re: Slave Bible From 1800 Omitted Key Passages That Could Incite Rebellion by budaatum: 11:29am On Oct 05, 2022
hollaway:
It has never change till today. The jew will fover give you the opposite of the message of our creator as been presented by His true messangers in other not reveal their hatered for God and humanity. That is why they will keep editing bible to suit their mission in decieving people till end of time

Actually, the Jews have given you the Holy Bible, and those who received it have gone to check that the Bible they got is as accurate to its original as possible.

What happens now is your so called "true messangers" seem to not be able to read, hence them teaching you that Adam and Eve who lived till 900 or so years died in the Garden of Eden, despite it being written that it is ignorance, and not knowledge, that kills.

Christ, I'm certain, would say, "Woe!"

https://www.nairaland.com/6795272/reeves-pass

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Re: Slave Bible From 1800 Omitted Key Passages That Could Incite Rebellion by AlphaTaikun: 3:35pm On Oct 09, 2022
dydx2020:
Slave Bible From The 1800s Omitted Key Passages That Could Incite Rebellion.

On display now at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., is a special exhibit centered on a rare Bible from the 1800s that was used by British missionaries to convert and educate slaves.

What's notable about this Bible is not just its rarity, but its content, or rather the lack of content. It excludes any portion of text that might inspire rebellion or liberation.
It was intended for use among enslaved Africans in the British West Indies, which is modern day Caribbeans, so Jamaica, Barbados, Antigua," he says.


Anthony Schmidt, associate curator of Bible and Religion in America at the museum, says the first instance of this abridged version titled, Parts of the Holy Bible, selected for the use of the Negro Slaves, in the British West-India Islands, was published in 1807.

About 90 percent of the Old Testament is missing [and] 50 percent of the New Testament is missing," Schmidt says. "Put in another way, there are 1,189 chapters in a standard protestant Bible. This Bible contains only 232."

Schmidt says passages that could have prompted rebellion were removed, for example:

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:28
And verses that reinforced the institution of slavery, including "the most famous pro-slavery verse that many pro-slavery people would have cited," says Schmidt, were kept.

"Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ." Ephesians 6:5.
Schmidt says there are several theories behind the editing and omitting of so much of the standard Bible, but the main thought stems from the fact that farmers in the West Indies were opposed to missionaries worked with the enslaved Africans on their land.

"This can be seen as an attempt to appease the planter class saying, 'Look, we're coming here. We want to help uplift materially these Africans here but we're not going to be teaching them anything that could incite rebellion.' " Schmidt says. "Coming in and being able to educate African slaves would prepare them one day for freedom, but at the same time would not cause them to seek it more aggressively."
I'm not surprised by this.

One of the infamous slave ships was known as Jesus. So there was a link between the Xtian clergy, the kings and the White slave dealers in the triangular slave trade which made European nations to become stupendously rich.
Re: Slave Bible From 1800 Omitted Key Passages That Could Incite Rebellion by LikeAking: 7:50pm On Oct 09, 2022
Knowledge that is known to all is rubbish.

90% of wat we have been told or tot are all lies. That's how the keep us enslaved. That's how they control is.

If u observe life works in the opposite direction. That's d truth hidden from us.

That's the world fr u.

Trust no information, trust nobody.

Dia fada!

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