Noah's Curse : The Biblical Justification of American Slavery

Name: Noah's Curse
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc
SKU: 9780195142792
Price: 17000 KES
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ISBN: 9780195142792

by Stephen R. Haynes

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Format Hardback

Book Series Religion in America

ISBN-10 0195142799

ISBN-13 9780195142792

Publisher Oxford University Press Inc

Imprint Oxford University Press Inc

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 25th, 2002

Print length 322 Pages

Weight 664 grams

Dimensions 24.20 x 19.60 x 2.60 cms

Product Classification: Slavery & abolition of slavery Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies

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"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. In this work, Stephen Haynes examines the history of the American interpretation of Noah's curse, turning to the ways in which the curse was appropriated by American pro-slavery and pro-segregation interpreters.

"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 the biblical justification for American slavery and segregation. In this book Stephen Haynes examines the history of the American interpretation of Noah''s curse. He 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. He argues that the story of Noah''s curse was compelling for antebellum white Southerners because it resonated with the themes of antiquity, domesticity, race, and sin.

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