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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... descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; children were born to them after the flood” (v. 1), and “These are the families of Noah's sons, according to their genealogies, in their nations; and from these the nations spread ...
... descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; children were born to them after the flood” (v. 1), and “These are the families of Noah's sons, according to their genealogies, in their nations; and from these the nations spread ...
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... descendants will assume in the corporate development of humankind. In part because it conforms to notions that humanity is comprised of essential “racial” types, this passage has shown a remarkable capacity to elucidate the nature of ...
... descendants will assume in the corporate development of humankind. In part because it conforms to notions that humanity is comprised of essential “racial” types, this passage has shown a remarkable capacity to elucidate the nature of ...
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... descendants of Ham,15 and Ephrem of Nisibis (d. 373) is said to have paraphrased Noah's malediction with the words, “accursed be Canaan, and may God make his face black.”16 Several notorious rabbinic glosses on the biblical text that ...
... descendants of Ham,15 and Ephrem of Nisibis (d. 373) is said to have paraphrased Noah's malediction with the words, “accursed be Canaan, and may God make his face black.”16 Several notorious rabbinic glosses on the biblical text that ...
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... descendants possessed a timeless relevance that was not lost on Palmer or his auditors.50 A careful examination of Palmer's evolving interpretation of Genesis 9– 11 is useful for evaluating Genovese's arguments regarding the role of ...
... descendants possessed a timeless relevance that was not lost on Palmer or his auditors.50 A careful examination of Palmer's evolving interpretation of Genesis 9– 11 is useful for evaluating Genovese's arguments regarding the role of ...
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... descendants of Satan. Barkun summarizes the doctrine this way: “Either the Devil himself or one of his underlings had intercourse with Eve in the Garden of Eden. Cain was the product of this illicit union. Hence Cain and all his progeny ...
... descendants of Satan. Barkun summarizes the doctrine this way: “Either the Devil himself or one of his underlings had intercourse with Eve in the Garden of Eden. Cain was the product of this illicit union. Hence Cain and all his progeny ...
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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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