Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-279) and indexes.

The land of Ham : defining biblical Africa -- The table of nations in Genesis 10 -- Defining the territory of Cush -- Defining the territory of Misrayim -- Defining the territory of Canaan -- Family reunion : Africans in the Bible : Africans in the Bible -- Identifying the Africans in Cush -- Identifying the Africans in Misrayim -- Identifying the Africans in Canaan -- Growing pains : the Bible in emerging African Christianity -- The development of Christianity in Palestine -- The development of Christianity in Egypt and North Africa -- The development of Christianity in Arabia and Ethiopia -- Total eclipse : Islam's distortion of the biblical message -- The influence of the Bible on the Qur'an -- The growth of Islam in biblical Africa -- Free at last: the Bible and African liberation -- The decline of Christianity in Islamic Africa -- The shortcomings of Ethiopian Christianity -- The impact of Christianity on sub-Saharan Africa.