Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American SlaveryOxford University Press, 28/03/2002 - 322 من الصفحات "A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren." So reads Noah's curse on his son Ham, and all his descendants, in Genesis 9:25. Over centuries of interpretation, Ham came to be identified as the ancestor of black Africans, and Noah's curse to be seen as biblical justification for American slavery and segregation. Examining the history of the American interpretation of Noah's curse, this book begins with an overview of the prior history of the reception of this scripture and then turns to the distinctive and creative ways in which the curse was appropriated by American pro-slavery and pro-segregation interpreters. |
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الصفحة viii
... Noah's curse functioned for Southern proslavery intellectuals as a “worlddefining myth” whose appeal was based in part on Noah's traditional association with the invention of agriculture and his role as the patriarch of the first ...
... Noah's curse functioned for Southern proslavery intellectuals as a “worlddefining myth” whose appeal was based in part on Noah's traditional association with the invention of agriculture and his role as the patriarch of the first ...
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... Noah and His Sons, 23 3. Unauthorized Biography: The Legend of Nimrod and His Tower, 41 PART II. HONOR AND ORDER 4. Original Dishonor: Noah's Curse and the Southern Defense of Slavery ... NOAH'S CAMERA 7. Noah's Sons in New Orleans: Contents.
... Noah and His Sons, 23 3. Unauthorized Biography: The Legend of Nimrod and His Tower, 41 PART II. HONOR AND ORDER 4. Original Dishonor: Noah's Curse and the Southern Defense of Slavery ... NOAH'S CAMERA 7. Noah's Sons in New Orleans: Contents.
الصفحة 4
... Noah's drunkenness (vv. 20–27). Genesis 10 offers a detailed genealogy of Noah's offspring, framed by the statements “These are the descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; children were born to them after the flood” (v. 1) ...
... Noah's drunkenness (vv. 20–27). Genesis 10 offers a detailed genealogy of Noah's offspring, framed by the statements “These are the descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; children were born to them after the flood” (v. 1) ...
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... Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Triggered by some transgression on the part of Ham, Noah prophesies the distinct destinies his sons' descendants will assume in the corporate development of humankind. In part because it conforms to ...
... Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Triggered by some transgression on the part of Ham, Noah prophesies the distinct destinies his sons' descendants will assume in the corporate development of humankind. In part because it conforms to ...
الصفحة 6
... Noah's original act of postdiluvian differentiation. The chapters that follow indicate how the perceived unity of Genesis 9–11 has affected both the history of biblical interpretation and the logic of American racial discourse. Noah's ...
... Noah's original act of postdiluvian differentiation. The chapters that follow indicate how the perceived unity of Genesis 9–11 has affected both the history of biblical interpretation and the logic of American racial discourse. Noah's ...
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HONOR AND ORDER | 63 |
NOAHS CAMERA | 123 |
REDEEMING THE CURSE | 175 |
Notes | 223 |
Bibliography | 299 |
Index | 314 |
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