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The curse of Ham : race and slavery in early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam / David M. Goldenberg.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2003Description: xv, 448 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 069111465X (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 291.1/7834896 21
LOC classification:
  • BS580.H27 G65 2003
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Contents:
Pt. 1. Images of Blacks -- 1. Biblical Israel: The Land of Kush -- 2. Biblical Israel: The People of Kush -- 3. Postbiblical Israel: Black Africa -- 4. Postbiblical Israel: Black Africans -- Pt. 2. The Color of Skin -- 5. The Color of Women -- 6. The Color of Health -- 7. The Colors of Mankind -- 8. The Colored Meaning of Kushite in Postbiblical Literature -- Pt. 3. History -- 9. Evidence for Black Slaves in Israel -- Pt. 4. At the Crossroads of History and Exegesis -- 10. Was Ham Black? -- 11. "Ham Sinned and Canaan was Cursed?!" -- 12. The Curse of Ham -- 13. The Curse of Cain -- 14. The New World Order: Humanity by Physiognomy -- Conclusion: Jewish Views of Black Africans and the Development of Anti-Black Sentiment in Western Thought -- App. I. When is a Kushite not a Kushite? Cases of Mistaken Identity -- App. II. Kush/Ethiopia and India.
Review: "In this book, David Goldenberg seeks to discover how dark-skinned peoples, especially black Africans, were portrayed in the Bible and by those who interpreted the Bible - Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Unprecedented in rigor and breadth, his investigation covers a 1,500-year period, from ancient Israel (around 800 B.C.E.) to the eighth century C.E., after the birth of Islam. By tracing the development of anti-Black sentiment during this time, Goldenberg uncovers views about race, color, and slavery that took shape over the centuries - most centrally, the belief that the biblical Ham and his descendants, the black Africans, had been cursed by God with eternal slavery."--BOOK JACKET.
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MARY IMMACULATE LIBRARY Open Shelf BS580.H27 G65 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 63649

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-378) and indexes.

Pt. 1. Images of Blacks -- 1. Biblical Israel: The Land of Kush -- 2. Biblical Israel: The People of Kush -- 3. Postbiblical Israel: Black Africa -- 4. Postbiblical Israel: Black Africans -- Pt. 2. The Color of Skin -- 5. The Color of Women -- 6. The Color of Health -- 7. The Colors of Mankind -- 8. The Colored Meaning of Kushite in Postbiblical Literature -- Pt. 3. History -- 9. Evidence for Black Slaves in Israel -- Pt. 4. At the Crossroads of History and Exegesis -- 10. Was Ham Black? -- 11. "Ham Sinned and Canaan was Cursed?!" -- 12. The Curse of Ham -- 13. The Curse of Cain -- 14. The New World Order: Humanity by Physiognomy -- Conclusion: Jewish Views of Black Africans and the Development of Anti-Black Sentiment in Western Thought -- App. I. When is a Kushite not a Kushite? Cases of Mistaken Identity -- App. II. Kush/Ethiopia and India.

"In this book, David Goldenberg seeks to discover how dark-skinned peoples, especially black Africans, were portrayed in the Bible and by those who interpreted the Bible - Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Unprecedented in rigor and breadth, his investigation covers a 1,500-year period, from ancient Israel (around 800 B.C.E.) to the eighth century C.E., after the birth of Islam. By tracing the development of anti-Black sentiment during this time, Goldenberg uncovers views about race, color, and slavery that took shape over the centuries - most centrally, the belief that the biblical Ham and his descendants, the black Africans, had been cursed by God with eternal slavery."--BOOK JACKET.

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