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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... Ham's transgression,14 Ambrose of Milan (339–397) opined that Noah's malediction applied to the darker descendants of Ham,15 and Ephrem of Nisibis (d. 373) is said to have paraphrased Noah's malediction with the words, “accursed be Canaan ...
... Ham's transgression,14 Ambrose of Milan (339–397) opined that Noah's malediction applied to the darker descendants of Ham,15 and Ephrem of Nisibis (d. 373) is said to have paraphrased Noah's malediction with the words, “accursed be Canaan ...
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... Cursed be Canaan!' cried the Hebrew priests. 'A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.' With what characteristic complacency did the slaveholders assume that Canaanites were Negroes and their 'brethren' white? Are not ...
... Cursed be Canaan!' cried the Hebrew priests. 'A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.' With what characteristic complacency did the slaveholders assume that Canaanites were Negroes and their 'brethren' white? Are not ...
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... Cursed be Canaan; lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers.” He also said, “Blessed by the L my God be Shem; and let Canaan be his slave. May God make space for Japheth, and let him live in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be ...
... Cursed be Canaan; lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers.” He also said, “Blessed by the L my God be Shem; and let Canaan be his slave. May God make space for Japheth, and let him live in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be ...
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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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