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9780195142792

Noah's Curse The Biblical Justification of American Slavery

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195142792

  • ISBN10:

    0195142799

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-03-28
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

"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 forAmerican 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 Americanpro-slavery and pro-segregation interpreters.

Author Biography


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)

Table of Contents

Setting the Stage
3(23)
PART I. CHARACTERS IN THE POSTDILUVIAN DRAMA
A Black Sheep in the (Second) First Family: The Legend of Noah and His Sons
23(18)
Unauthorized Biography: The Legend of Nimrod and his Tower
41(24)
PART II. HONOR AND ORDER
Original Dishonor: Noah's Curse and the Southern Defense of Slavery
65(22)
Original Disorder: Noah's Curse and the Southern Defense of Slavery
87(18)
Grandson of Disorder: Nimrod Comes to America
105(20)
PART III. NOAH'S CAMERA
Noah's Sons in New Orleans: Genesis 9--11 and Benjamin Morgan Palmer
125(21)
Honor, Order, and Mastery in Palmer's Biblical Imagination
146(15)
Beyond Slavery, Beyond Race: Noah's Camera in the Twentieth Century
161(16)
PART IV. REDEEMING THE CURSE
Challenging the Curse: Readings and Counterreadings
177(24)
Redeeming the Curse: Ham as Vicitim
201(19)
Conclusion: Racism, Religion, and Responsible Scholarship
220(3)
Notes 223(76)
Bibliography 299(15)
Index 314

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