Before Israel ever crossed into the land, Moses stood before the people and named exactly what would happen if the covenant was broken: scattering, chains, ships, families torn apart, a people made into a byword among the nations. This is not a vague warning. Set beside the documented record of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the correspondence many of the scattered have recognized is specific, point by point; earlier captivities wore this chapter too, and this study lays out why so many read the ships of the Atlantic inside it, so you can weigh it yourself. This study lays the two side by...
Before Israel ever crossed into the land, Moses stood before the people and named exactly what would happen if the covenant was broken: scattering, chains, ships, families torn apart, a people made into a byword among the nations. This is not a vague warning. Set beside the documented record of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the correspondence many of the scattered have recognized is specific, point by point; earlier captivities wore this chapter too, and this study lays out why so many read the ships of the Atlantic inside it, so you can weigh it yourself. This study lays the two side by side, the curse as Moses spoke it, and the history as it is actually recorded.