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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... Interpreting an American Religious Awakening Kathryn Teresa Long Taking Heaven by Storm: Methodism and the Rise of Popular Christianity in America John H. Wigger Encounters with God: An Approach to the Theology of Jonathan Edwards ...
... Interpreting an American Religious Awakening Kathryn Teresa Long Taking Heaven by Storm: Methodism and the Rise of Popular Christianity in America John H. Wigger Encounters with God: An Approach to the Theology of Jonathan Edwards ...
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... interpretation, etc. 2. Slavery—Justification. 3. Ham (Biblical figure) 4. United States— Church history. I. Title. II. Religion in America series (Oxford University Press) BS1235.2 .H357 2001 222'.1106—dc21 2001021800 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 ...
... interpretation, etc. 2. Slavery—Justification. 3. Ham (Biblical figure) 4. United States— Church history. I. Title. II. Religion in America series (Oxford University Press) BS1235.2 .H357 2001 222'.1106—dc21 2001021800 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 ...
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... interpretation; by attending to texts dealing with Nimrod (Genesis 10:6–12) and the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9), without which the role of Noah's curse in American history cannot be properly understood; and by analyzing the way ...
... interpretation; by attending to texts dealing with Nimrod (Genesis 10:6–12) and the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9), without which the role of Noah's curse in American history cannot be properly understood; and by analyzing the way ...
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... interpretation—that is, on how Genesis 9–11 has been read, rather than on how it ought to be read. Modern scholars ... interpretation. John Sawyer has recently lamented biblical criticism's studied ignorance of the history of ...
... interpretation—that is, on how Genesis 9–11 has been read, rather than on how it ought to be read. Modern scholars ... interpretation. John Sawyer has recently lamented biblical criticism's studied ignorance of the history of ...
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... interpretation that were retained in the television miniseries. For instance, the movie linked Noah's son Ham with Africa (by casting a woman of African descent as his wife), with unrestrained desire (by including scenes in which Ham ...
... interpretation that were retained in the television miniseries. For instance, the movie linked Noah's son Ham with Africa (by casting a woman of African descent as his wife), with unrestrained desire (by including scenes in which Ham ...
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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