Description
The Injustice of Noah’s Curse analyzes hundreds of interpretations of Noah’s curse (Genesis 9:18–29), towards an argument that they all fall short of making sense of this notoriously difficult passage due to a common presumption. Reed critiques the way this presumption inhibits interpreters from accepting what is obvious in the passage: Noah’s curse is unjust. Using insights from critical race theory and speech act theory, the book offers a new literary interpretation of Noah’s unjust curse as an ironic climax to Noah’s life.
Watch or Listen
Context Matters
A podcast interview (Part 1 and Part 2) on the role of contexts in interpretation
Leading Theologically
Podcast Interview on reconciliation in Genesis
Race and the Bible
A church lecture on the modern idea of race and how it relates to difference in the Bible
CRT and Biblical Interpretation Talk
A lecture and Q&A on biblical interpretation and critical race theory
Honor God’s Diversity
Videos accompanying a Presbyterian Church USA curriculum
The Bible for Us
A resource for interpreting the Bible in ways that are honest and liberating
Africana Biblical Hermeneutics
A panel discussion on Africana biblical scholarship
Caring for Others’ Perspectives
A “Children’s Chat” for Broad Street Presbyterian Church (Columbus, OH)
Learn with Me
God of Our Weary Years
Audit my online asynchronous class on African American biblical interpretation (Fall 2025)
Antiracist Hermeneutics
See the syllabus for a course I taught for Princeton Seminary
Reading Genesis with Hurston
An exercise in intertextuality
Honor God’s Diversity Curriculum
Age-appropriate curriculum guides for a Sunday school series on diversity
Read
Preaching Prep Resource
Thirteen mini-commentaries on biblical passages
A New Study Bible
I contributed Judges notes and blurbs; contact for discount code
An Abolitionist Hermeneutical Experiment
How might abolitionist principles change what we see in the Bible?
Politics of Scripture Post
Mini-commentary on how Joseph and Jesus break free of their toxic background
Race and Ancient Egypt
An academic article on a surprising way White people have racialized ancient Egyptians
Ham in Aronofsky’s Noah
An academic article on the 2014 movie, Noah, and reception history