The trope of the "Talking Book" appears within early Black American literature. Those who were not yet literate regarded others moving their lips and reading aloud as seemingly "talking" to the book. The Bible was one of the central works that Africans in the Americas confronted as a written and oral text. This course explores the history and development of biblical interpretation by Black biblical scholars in North America. It considers how these scholars address the use, impact, and influence of biblical texts in African Diasporic cultures and traditions. It examines the disciplinary and methodological diversity of their work as well as their challenges and contributions to academic biblical studies.