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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... themes of this study are the convictions that readers—whatever their qualifications, background, or official status—make meaning of biblical texts and that the meanings they make, however foreign they appear to minds conditioned by ...
... themes of this study are the convictions that readers—whatever their qualifications, background, or official status—make meaning of biblical texts and that the meanings they make, however foreign they appear to minds conditioned by ...
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... themes of dispersion and differentiation. In modern European and American 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 ...
... themes of dispersion and differentiation. In modern European and American 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 ...
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... themes are implicit in the text. Dispersion is evident in the builders' justification of their project as a defense against being “scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth” (v. 4), and the narrator's statement that “the L ...
... themes are implicit in the text. Dispersion is evident in the builders' justification of their project as a defense against being “scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth” (v. 4), and the narrator's statement that “the L ...
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... themes of honor, dishonor, and social death are pivotal for comprehending the cultural significance of antebellum American readings of Genesis 9. Following an examination of honor in the biblical proslavery argument ...
... themes of honor, dishonor, and social death are pivotal for comprehending the cultural significance of antebellum American readings of Genesis 9. Following an examination of honor in the biblical proslavery argument ...
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... themes such as Noah's drunkenness, the dispersion of nations, and the Tower of Babel were more universal in scope and application than stories from Hebrew history. The postdiluvian Adam and his descendants possessed a timeless relevance ...
... themes such as Noah's drunkenness, the dispersion of nations, and the Tower of Babel were more universal in scope and application than stories from Hebrew history. The postdiluvian Adam and his descendants possessed a timeless relevance ...
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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