Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery"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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Crítica de los usuarios - dono421846 - LibraryThingAlthough it reads like a revised dissertation (which it may perhaps be), the initial chapters offer a useful overview of the employment of Biblical mythology to support and sustain American racism ... Leer comentario completo
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Crítica de los usuarios - Devil_llama - LibraryThingThe author details the history of biblical justification of slavery, using the curse of Ham, laid on him by his father, Noah. The book is scholarly and gets a bit dense at times, but if a person is willing to be persistent, there is a lot there. Leer comentario completo
Contenido
| 21 | |
HONOR AND ORDER | 63 |
NOAHS CAMERA | 123 |
REDEEMING THE CURSE | 175 |
Notes | 223 |
Bibliography | 299 |
Index | 314 |
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Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery Stephen R. Haynes Vista previa limitada - 2002 |
Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery Stephen R. Haynes Vista previa limitada - 2002 |
Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery Stephen R. Haynes Vista previa limitada - 2002 |
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery Religion in America |
| Autor | Stephen R. Haynes |
| Editor | Oxford University Press, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0198032609, 9780198032601 |
| Largo | 322 páginas |
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