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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... claim to draw on rabbinic literature.21 In western Europe prior to the modern period, the curse was invoked to explain the origins of slavery, the provenance of black skin, and the exile of Hamites to the less wholesome regions of the ...
... claim to draw on rabbinic literature.21 In western Europe prior to the modern period, the curse was invoked to explain the origins of slavery, the provenance of black skin, and the exile of Hamites to the less wholesome regions of the ...
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... claim that it was “largely passe ́ among intellectual elites,”37 the supposed difficulty literal interpreters of the Bible would have in applying Noah's malediction to Ham, and the assumption that biblical proof-texts are in fact post ...
... claim that it was “largely passe ́ among intellectual elites,”37 the supposed difficulty literal interpreters of the Bible would have in applying Noah's malediction to Ham, and the assumption that biblical proof-texts are in fact post ...
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... the lingering influence of Genesis 9–11 after the Civil War, this study implicitly challenges another of Genovese's claims regarding the place of race in Southern religious discourse. According to Genovese, 12.
... the lingering influence of Genesis 9–11 after the Civil War, this study implicitly challenges another of Genovese's claims regarding the place of race in Southern religious discourse. According to Genovese, 12.
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... claim. His writings following the Civil War contain just the sort of accommodation between theology and rational racism discussed by Genovese. But while Palmer was influenced by secular images and idioms, he continued to regard Genesis ...
... claim. His writings following the Civil War contain just the sort of accommodation between theology and rational racism discussed by Genovese. But while Palmer was influenced by secular images and idioms, he continued to regard Genesis ...
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... claiming that the genealogical tables in Genesis 10 teach the unity of humankind, the authors concluded that ethnic diversity “is in its very origin in accordance with the will of God for this dispensation.”64 Significantly, the authors ...
... claiming that the genealogical tables in Genesis 10 teach the unity of humankind, the authors concluded that ethnic diversity “is in its very origin in accordance with the will of God for this dispensation.”64 Significantly, the authors ...
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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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