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

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Goldenberg, David M, 1947- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern worldPublication details: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, γ̐ư2003. Publication details: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, ©2003.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 448 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781400828548
1400828546
1282303759
9781282303751
9786612303753
6612303751

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Curse of Ham.DDC classification:

200.8996 22

LOC classification:

BS580.H27 G65 2003eb

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Contents:

I: 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 -- II: 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 -- III: History -- 9. Evidence for black slaves in Israel -- IV: At the crossroads of history and exegesis -- 10. Was Ham back? -- 11. "Ham sinned and Canaan was cursed?" -- 12. The curse of Ham -- 13. The curse of Cain -- 14. The new world of order: humanity by physiognomy -- Jewish views of black Africans and the development of anti-black sentiment in western thought -- When is a Kushite not a Kushite? Cases of mistake identity -- Kush/Ethiopia and India.

Summary: How old is prejudice against black people? Were the racist attitudes that fueled the Atlantic slave trade firmly in place 700 years before the European discovery of sub-Saharan Africa? In this groundbreaking 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-378) and index.

How old is prejudice against black people? Were the racist attitudes that fueled the Atlantic slave trade firmly in place 700 years before the European discovery of sub-Saharan Africa? In this groundbreaking 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.