SweetFreedom 1) Does "they created powerful stories of redemption, freedom, and retribution against their white masters out of the language and ethos of the Old Testament tales of Israel’s captivity and release" mean "they created powerful stories of redemption, powerful stories of freedom, and powerful stories of retribution against their white masters out of the language and ethos of the Old Testament tales of Israel’s captivity and release"? Yes. SweetFreedom 2)Does "out of the language" mean "using the depiction of the stories"?
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SweetFreedom1) Does "they created powerful stories of redemption, freedom, and retribution against their white masters out of the language and ethos of the Old Testament tales of Israel’s captivity and release" mean "they created powerful stories of redemption, powerful stories of freedom, and powerful stories of retribution against their white masters out of the language
SweetFreedom(1) So "retribution against their white masters" means "repayment to their white masters"?Yes.
SweetFreedom(2) "and ethos of the Old Testament tales" means "and they created powerful stories about the ethos of the Old Testament tales"?No.