Abstract
As I review my life—which now spans some eighty years—I can readily detect the manner in which my mind has changed with respect to Biblical studies. During this developmental process there were many changes, some incidental and minor, but others of a more serious nature. Among the latter was the initial change from a fundamentalistic, literalistic biblical perspective to a radical critical historical/literary position, and then to one more moderate. However, the momentous change occurred when I discarded a narrow white, Euro-American perspective in exchange for a Black Perspective which was and continues to be more universal. Secondly, and more particularly, were the changes that occurred with reference to the question: were Blacks participants in the development of civilization in the ancient world and do they appear in the Bible?