Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American SlaveryOxford University Press, 2002 M03 28 - 322 páginas "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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... According to eyewitnesses, Palmer never saw the streetcar that struck him down in 1902 while he attempted to cross the rails near his New Orleans home. The image of blindness invoked by Palmer in 1889 was prophetic in another way as ...
... According to eyewitnesses, Palmer never saw the streetcar that struck him down in 1902 while he attempted to cross the rails near his New Orleans home. The image of blindness invoked by Palmer in 1889 was prophetic in another way as ...
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... According to this definition, the story of Noah and his sons functioned mythically in the Old South inasmuch as the characters and actions it narrated symbolized Southern cultural beliefs, institutions, and attitudes, successfully ...
... According to this definition, the story of Noah and his sons functioned mythically in the Old South inasmuch as the characters and actions it narrated symbolized Southern cultural beliefs, institutions, and attitudes, successfully ...
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... according to their genealogies, in their nations; and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood” (v. 32). Genesis 11 relates the cautionary tale of the tower before extending the postdiluvian genealogy to Abram ...
... according to their genealogies, in their nations; and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood” (v. 32). Genesis 11 relates the cautionary tale of the tower before extending the postdiluvian genealogy to Abram ...
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... according to a modern Christian tradition, the magi who trekked to Bethlehem to honor the newborn messiah represented the three races (white, red, and black) stemming from Noah's sons. The racial motif in depictions of the magi ...
... according to a modern Christian tradition, the magi who trekked to Bethlehem to honor the newborn messiah represented the three races (white, red, and black) stemming from Noah's sons. The racial motif in depictions of the magi ...
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... According to Peterson, Noah's curse “became symbolically persuasive because it reinforced prevalent attitudes about the nature of government and the planters' image both of themselves and of the ideal Southern plantation.”42 Did the ...
... According to Peterson, Noah's curse “became symbolically persuasive because it reinforced prevalent attitudes about the nature of government and the planters' image both of themselves and of the ideal Southern plantation.”42 Did the ...
Contenido
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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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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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