Among their topics are a postcolonial look from the Cuban diaspora at exile in the Hebrew Bible, a Japanese American interpretation of Genesis 2-3, Ruth as the perpetual foreigner and model minority, Paul and ethnic difference in Romans, ancient Ethiopia and the New Testament, cross-examining John's engendering and transgendering word across different worlds, African Americans and intersectional realities in Acts 2, images of God and reading practices, and teaching for color consciousness.

This novel understanding of how Christianity should view the validity of the commandments of the Torah may be the most striking feature of Soulen's critique of Christian theology, but it follows from his claim that Christian theology must place the Hebrew Bible at the center of its understanding of God's relationship with humanity.

It offers an esoteric teaching that defines both the Hebrew bible and the traditional practices of early Jewish religions.