RT Book
T1 Black and Slave: the Origins and History of the Curse of Ham
T2 Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (Sbr)
A1 Goldenberg, David M.
LA English
PP Berlin/Boston, UNITED STATES
PB De Gruyter
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/893097829
AB Studies of the Curse of Ham, the belief that the Bible consigned blacks to everlasting servitude, confuse and conflate two separate origins stories (etiologies), one of black skin and the other of black slavery. This work unravels the etiologies and shows how the Curse, an etiology of black slavery, evolved from an earlier etiology explaining the existence of dark-skinned people. We see when, where, why, and how an original mythic tale of black origins morphed into a story of the origins of black slavery, and how, in turn, the second then supplanted the first as an explanation for black skin. In the process we see how formulations of the Curse changed over time, depending on the historical and social contexts, reflecting and refashioning the way blackness and blacks were perceived. In particular, two significant developments are uncovered. First, a curse of slavery, originally said to affect various dark-skinned peoples, was eventually applied most commonly to black Africans. Second, blackness, originally incidental to the curse, in time became part of the curse itself. Dark skin now became an intentional marker of servitude, the visible sign of the blacks' degradation, and in the process deprecating black skin itself
AB Chapter Twelve. The Meaning of Blackness and the Curse of HamChapter Thirteen. Conclusions; Appendices; Appendix I. The Curse of Ham in Europe, 18th-19th Centuries; Appendix II. The Curse of Ham in America, 18th-20th Centuries; Appendix III. The Curse of Cain: 17th-19th Centuries; Excursus; Excursus I. Did Ham Have Sex with a Dog?; Excursus II. A Passage in Ṭabarī's History; Excursus III. Was Canaan Black?; Excursus IV. 'Kushite' Meaning Egyptian or Arab in Jewish Sources; Excursus V. A Curse of Ham in Origen?; Bibliography; Subject and Name Index; Index of Modern Authors; Index to Scripture
NO Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
CN BS580.H27
SN 3110522470
SN 9783110522471
SN 9783110522488
SN 3110522489
K1 Ham : Ham
K1 Ham : (Biblical figure)
K1 Ham
K1 Blacks : Public opinion : History
K1 Slavery : Justification : History
K1 Black race : Color
K1 Blacks in the Bible
K1 BIBLES ; General
K1 RELIGION ; Biblical Reference ; General
K1 RELIGION ; Biblical Reference ; Handbooks
K1 Black race ; Color
K1 Blacks ; Public opinion
K1 Slavery ; Justification
K1 History
K1 Electronic books
K1 Electronic books : History