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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... 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 abroad on the earth after the ...
... 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 abroad on the earth after the ...
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... Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Triggered by some transgression on the part of Ham, Noah prophesies the distinct destinies his sons' descendants will assume in the corporate development of humankind. In part because it conforms to notions that ...
... Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Triggered by some transgression on the part of Ham, Noah prophesies the distinct destinies his sons' descendants will assume in the corporate development of humankind. In part because it conforms to notions that ...
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... Shem to Asia, and Japheth to Europe was not inscribed on the European mind until the Age of Exploration.9 By the nineteenth century, the same intellectual and social forces that contributed to the racialization of Noah's prophecy came ...
... Shem to Asia, and Japheth to Europe was not inscribed on the European mind until the Age of Exploration.9 By the nineteenth century, the same intellectual and social forces that contributed to the racialization of Noah's prophecy came ...
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... Shem; and let Canaan be his slave. May God make space for Japheth, and let him live in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be his slave.” Genesis 9:20–27 ( ) Genesis 9's history of interpretation from the ...
... Shem; and let Canaan be his slave. May God make space for Japheth, and let him live in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be his slave.” Genesis 9:20–27 ( ) Genesis 9's history of interpretation from the ...
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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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