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
... Nimrod (Genesis 10:6–12) and the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9), without which the role of Noah's curse in American history cannot be properly understood; and by analyzing the way Genesis 9 and its cognate texts were employed in ...
... Nimrod (Genesis 10:6–12) and the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9), without which the role of Noah's curse in American history cannot be properly understood; and by analyzing the way Genesis 9 and its cognate texts were employed in ...
الصفحة xiii
... Nimrod and His Tower, 41 PART II. HONOR AND ORDER 4. Original Dishonor: Noah's Curse and the Southern Defense of Slavery, 65 5. Original Disorder: Noah's Curse and the Southern Defense of Slavery, 87 6. Grandson of Disorder: Nimrod ...
... Nimrod and His Tower, 41 PART II. HONOR AND ORDER 4. Original Dishonor: Noah's Curse and the Southern Defense of Slavery, 65 5. Original Disorder: Noah's Curse and the Southern Defense of Slavery, 87 6. Grandson of Disorder: Nimrod ...
الصفحة 5
... Nimrod), 10:25 (which indicates a “division” of the earth in the days of Peleg), 10:32 (with its reference to the “spreading abroad” of nations), and 11:1–9 (the story of the tower, culminating in the “scattering” of the builders) ...
... Nimrod), 10:25 (which indicates a “division” of the earth in the days of Peleg), 10:32 (with its reference to the “spreading abroad” of nations), and 11:1–9 (the story of the tower, culminating in the “scattering” of the builders) ...
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... Nimrod. The enduring association of Nimrod with the Tower of Babel is a classic example of what contemporary literary critics call intertextuality. References in Genesis 10 to Babel and Shinar (“The beginning of his kingdom was Babel ...
... Nimrod. The enduring association of Nimrod with the Tower of Babel is a classic example of what contemporary literary critics call intertextuality. References in Genesis 10 to Babel and Shinar (“The beginning of his kingdom was Babel ...
الصفحة 10
... Nimrod. Over time, the builder of Babel's tower became the chief representative of a Hamite character typified not by dishonor but by disorder and rebellion. Thus, when studied chronologically, American readings of Genesis 9–11 reveal a ...
... Nimrod. Over time, the builder of Babel's tower became the chief representative of a Hamite character typified not by dishonor but by disorder and rebellion. Thus, when studied chronologically, American readings of Genesis 9–11 reveal a ...
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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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