James K. Humphrey and the Sabbath-day Adventists, by R. Clifford Jones, Ph.D., is the story of an African-American minister who broke from the Seventh-day Adventist Church during the Harlem Renaissance. According to the dust jacket, Humphrey’s break with the Seventh-day Adventists “provides clues to the state of black-white relationships in the denomination at the time.”

Jones is a professor of Christian Ministry, and is the associate dean of the Seminary. He also serves as the coordinator of the African-American concentration in the Doctor of Ministry program.

Flame of Yahweh: Sexuality in the Old Testament, by Richard M. Davidson, is a study of gender relationships and sexual activity in the Old Testament. Topics addressed include sexuality in Eden, the elevation versus denigration of women, exclusivity versus adultery and premarital sex, and sexuality in the Song of Songs. Davidson is the chair of the Old Testament Department, and J. N. Andrews Professor of Old Testament Interpretation.

Robert Moncrieff, student news writer, University Relations