Black and slave : the origins and history of the curse of Ham

Black and slave : the origins and history of the curse of Ham / David M. Goldenberg.

Studies of the Curse of Ham, the belief that the Bible consigned blacks to everlasting servitude, confuse and conflate two separate origins stories (etiologies), one of black skin and the other of black slavery. This work unravels the etiologies and shows how the Curse, an etiology of black slavery,...

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Main Author: Goldenberg, David M., 1947- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston, UNITED STATES : De Gruyter, [2017]
Series:Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (Sbr) ; 10
Subjects:
Ham > (Biblical figure)
Black people in the Bible.
Black people > Public opinion > History.
Slavery > Justification > History.
Black race > Color.
BIBLES > General.
RELIGION > Biblical Reference > General.
RELIGION > Biblical Reference > Handbooks.
Black race > Color
Black people in the Bible
Black people > Public opinion
Slavery > Justification
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One. Black and/or Slave: Confusion, Conflation, Chaos; Chapter Two. Skin Color Etiologies; Chapter Three. The Origin of Black Skin in Noah's Ark; Chapter Four. The Origin of Black Skin in Noah's Tent; Chapter Five. The Beginnings of the Curse of Ham; Chapter Six. The Dual Curse of Slavery and Black Skin; Chapter Seven. The Curse of Ham Migrates to the West; Chapter Eight. The Dual Curse in Europe; Chapter Nine. The Curse of Ham in America; Chapter Ten. The Beginnings of Chaos; Chapter Eleven. Which People Were Cursed with Black Skin?
  • Chapter Twelve. The Meaning of Blackness and the Curse of HamChapter Thirteen. Conclusions; Appendices; Appendix I. The Curse of Ham in Europe, 18th-19th Centuries; Appendix II. The Curse of Ham in America, 18th-20th Centuries; Appendix III. The Curse of Cain: 17th-19th Centuries; Excursus; Excursus I. Did Ham Have Sex with a Dog?; Excursus II. A Passage in Ṭabarī's History; Excursus III. Was Canaan Black?; Excursus IV. 'Kushite' Meaning Egyptian or Arab in Jewish Sources; Excursus V. A Curse of Ham in Origen?; Bibliography; Subject and Name Index; Index of Modern Authors; Index to Scripture

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