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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... concern of most modern biblical experts, he notes, “has been with the original meaning of the original text: anything later that that is rejected as at best unimportant, at worst pious rubbish. If anything, they want their main ...
... concern of most modern biblical experts, he notes, “has been with the original meaning of the original text: anything later that that is rejected as at best unimportant, at worst pious rubbish. If anything, they want their main ...
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... concerns that pervaded antebellum slave culture—honor and order.26 Over the past half-century, much has been written about Southern honor. Even today attempts to explicate the “Southern mind” rely on the concept. Social scientists ...
... concerns that pervaded antebellum slave culture—honor and order.26 Over the past half-century, much has been written about Southern honor. Even today attempts to explicate the “Southern mind” rely on the concept. Social scientists ...
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... concerned with race and thus could not accept it as a convincing justification for black servitude. This case against the curse's pivotal role in American proslavery thought has been articulated by Eugene D. Genovese, a leading scholar ...
... concerned with race and thus could not accept it as a convincing justification for black servitude. This case against the curse's pivotal role in American proslavery thought has been articulated by Eugene D. Genovese, a leading scholar ...
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... concerned slavery but not race, the curse died a natural death following emancipation. But Palmer represents a tradition of American interpretation in which Noah's “prophecy” (he never used the word curse with reference to Genesis 9) ...
... concerned slavery but not race, the curse died a natural death following emancipation. But Palmer represents a tradition of American interpretation in which Noah's “prophecy” (he never used the word curse with reference to Genesis 9) ...
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... or as the first black—give some sense of the protean role he has played in readings of Genesis concerned with racial difference. Eve and the Serpent The early chapters of Genesis are.
... or as the first black—give some sense of the protean role he has played in readings of Genesis concerned with racial difference. Eve and the Serpent The early chapters of Genesis are.
Contenido
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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 |
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