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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... association with the university were numbered. He lamented that he would be “compelled to decline reappointment” to the board of directors. “In this prospective severance of my relations with the Directors,” Palmer wrote, “permit me to ...
... association with the university were numbered. He lamented that he would be “compelled to decline reappointment” to the board of directors. “In this prospective severance of my relations with the Directors,” Palmer wrote, “permit me to ...
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... association with the invention of agriculture and his role as the patriarch of the first postdiluvian family.4 The second work is Thomas V. Peterson's Ham and Japheth in America, which traces the contours of the curse in the collective ...
... association with the invention of agriculture and his role as the patriarch of the first postdiluvian family.4 The second work is Thomas V. Peterson's Ham and Japheth in America, which traces the contours of the curse in the collective ...
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... , three continent view” was elaborated by Alcuin (732–804) and refined in the twelfth century by Peter Comester (ca. 1100–1179). But these medieval associations were unstable, and the assignment.
... , three continent view” was elaborated by Alcuin (732–804) and refined in the twelfth century by Peter Comester (ca. 1100–1179). But these medieval associations were unstable, and the assignment.
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... associations were unstable, and the assignment of Ham to Africa, Shem to Asia, and Japheth to Europe was not inscribed on ... association of Nimrod with the Tower of Babel is a classic example of what contemporary literary critics call ...
... associations were unstable, and the assignment of Ham to Africa, Shem to Asia, and Japheth to Europe was not inscribed on ... association of Nimrod with the Tower of Babel is a classic example of what contemporary literary critics call ...
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... association of Genesis 9 with black servitude is adumbrated in works by church fathers and rabbis alike.12 For instance, Origen (ca. 185– 254) wrote that by “quickly sink[ing] to slavery of the vices,” Ham's “discolored posterity ...
... association of Genesis 9 with black servitude is adumbrated in works by church fathers and rabbis alike.12 For instance, Origen (ca. 185– 254) wrote that by “quickly sink[ing] to slavery of the vices,” Ham's “discolored posterity ...
Contents
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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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