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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... Character of God: Recovering the Lost Literary Power of American Protestantism Thomas E. Jenkins The Revival of 1857–58: Interpreting an American Religious Awakening Kathryn Teresa Long Taking Heaven by Storm: Methodism and the Rise of ...
... Character of God: Recovering the Lost Literary Power of American Protestantism Thomas E. Jenkins The Revival of 1857–58: Interpreting an American Religious Awakening Kathryn Teresa Long Taking Heaven by Storm: Methodism and the Rise of ...
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... characters and actions it narrated symbolized Southern cultural beliefs, institutions, and attitudes, successfully bringing together whites' “racial stereotypes, political theories, religious beliefs and economic realities.”6 As will be ...
... characters and actions it narrated symbolized Southern cultural beliefs, institutions, and attitudes, successfully bringing together whites' “racial stereotypes, political theories, religious beliefs and economic realities.”6 As will be ...
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... , and especially Alyce Waller. To these remarkable friends, this book is lovingly dedicated. July 2001 S. R. H. Memphis, Tennessee Contents 1. Setting the Stage, 3 PART I. CHARACTERS IN xii.
... , and especially Alyce Waller. To these remarkable friends, this book is lovingly dedicated. July 2001 S. R. H. Memphis, Tennessee Contents 1. Setting the Stage, 3 PART I. CHARACTERS IN xii.
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... CHARACTERS IN THE POST DILU VIAN DRAMA 2. A Black Sheep in the (Second) First Family: The Legend of Noah and His Sons, 23 3. Unauthorized Biography: The Legend of Nimrod and His Tower, 41 PART II. HONOR AND ORDER 4. Original Dishonor ...
... CHARACTERS IN THE POST DILU VIAN DRAMA 2. A Black Sheep in the (Second) First Family: The Legend of Noah and His Sons, 23 3. Unauthorized Biography: The Legend of Nimrod and His Tower, 41 PART II. HONOR AND ORDER 4. Original Dishonor ...
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... character without a narrative to a narrative without identifiable characters11 and contributed to the reception of Genesis 9–11 as a textual unit. Particularly when he was racialized by nineteenth-century proslavery authors, this ...
... character without a narrative to a narrative without identifiable characters11 and contributed to the reception of Genesis 9–11 as a textual unit. Particularly when he was racialized by nineteenth-century proslavery authors, this ...
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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