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 v
... racial discourse was piqued about 1990, when, in an informal conversation with erstwhile colleague Valarie Ziegler, I learned that Benjamin M. Palmer (1818–1902)— the “father” of Rhodes College—was a vociferous advocate of slavery who ...
... racial discourse was piqued about 1990, when, in an informal conversation with erstwhile colleague Valarie Ziegler, I learned that Benjamin M. Palmer (1818–1902)— the “father” of Rhodes College—was a vociferous advocate of slavery who ...
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... racial hierarchy. The infusion of Christian anthropology with racial or national myths has always spelled apostasy, as it did in Palmer's case. Graciously, Palmer was afforded a final opportunity to correct his flawed vision. His ...
... racial hierarchy. The infusion of Christian anthropology with racial or national myths has always spelled apostasy, as it did in Palmer's case. Graciously, Palmer was afforded a final opportunity to correct his flawed vision. His ...
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... racial discourse. The first is Illusions of Innocence, in which Richard T. Hughes and C. Leonard Allen analyze the way Noah's curse functioned for Southern proslavery intellectuals as a “worlddefining myth” whose appeal was based in ...
... racial discourse. The first is Illusions of Innocence, in which Richard T. Hughes and C. Leonard Allen analyze the way Noah's curse functioned for Southern proslavery intellectuals as a “worlddefining myth” whose appeal was based in ...
الصفحة ix
... racial readings of Genesis 9–11 and the history and cultural patterns that have influenced them. Finally, because this book treats biblical texts that have been objects of extensive historical-critical analysis, it is necessary to ...
... racial readings of Genesis 9–11 and the history and cultural patterns that have influenced them. Finally, because this book treats biblical texts that have been objects of extensive historical-critical analysis, it is necessary to ...
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... racial discourse, Genesis 9 has been regarded primarily as a story of differentiation among Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Triggered by some transgression on the part of Ham, Noah prophesies the distinct destinies his sons ...
... racial discourse, Genesis 9 has been regarded primarily as a story of differentiation among Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Triggered by some transgression on the part of Ham, Noah prophesies the distinct destinies his sons ...
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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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