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9780415243681

Symbolic Blackness and Ethnic Difference in Early Christian Literature: BLACKENED BY THEIR SINS: Early Christian Ethno-Political Rhetorics about Egyptians, Ethiopians, Blacks and Blackness

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415243681

  • ISBN10:

    0415243688

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-07-26
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

There has been growing interest in recent years in the presence and image of blacks and blackness in classical antiquity. This pioneering and much-needed work is the first to survey and theorize blacks as seen by early Christian writers. Byron creates a solid and original foundation of theoretical arguments as the basis for her discussion of the presence of blacks in Christian antiquity. Her presentation of the critical analysis and sources side by side encourages the reader to engage with the material in a more sophisticated way.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations viii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1(14)
PART 1 Developing a taxonomy of ethno-political rhetorics 15(38)
Interpreting ethnic and color differences in early Christian writings
17(12)
Egyptians, Ethiopians, Blacks, and blackness in Greco-Roman literature
29(24)
PART 2 Reading ethno-political rhetorics in early Christian literature 53(69)
``We were Ethiopians in our vices and sins'': ethno-political rhetorics defining vices and sins
55(22)
``Stirring up the passions'': ethno-political rhetorics defining sexual threats
77(27)
``Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia'': ethno-political rhetorics defining insiders and outsiders
104(18)
Conclusion 122(8)
Notes 130(45)
Bibliography 175(29)
Indexes 204

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