Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery by Haynes, Stephen R. Ed

Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195142792)

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Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery by Haynes, Stephen R. Ed

Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery

$95.00
Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery by Haynes, Stephen R. Ed

Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery

$95.00
Format: Hardcover
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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. 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.

Author: Stephen R. Ed Haynes
ISBN-10: 0195142799
ISBN-13: 9780195142792
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/28/2002
Pages: 322
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.48h x 6.42w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Christian Century 12/18/2002 pg. 38
Books & Culture 07/01/2003 pg. 29
By Stephen R. Ed Haynes
By Stephen R. Ed Haynes
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Stephen R. Haynes holds the A.B. Curry Chair of Religious Studies at Rhodes College, where he has taught since 1989. His publications include Reluctant Witnesses: Jews and the Christian Imagination (1995) and, as co-editor, To Each its Own Meaning: An Introduction to Biblical Criticisms and Their Application (1993)

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