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Author Haynes, Stephen R.

Title Noah's curse : the biblical justification of American slavery / Stephen R. Haynes
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages)
Series Religion in America series
Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
Contents 1. Setting the stage -- Part I: Characters in the postdiluvian drama -- 2. A black sheep in the (second) first family: the legend of Noah and his sons -- 3. Unauthorized biography: the legend of Nimrod and his tower -- Part II: Honor and order -- 4. Original dishonor: Noah's curse and the southern defense of slavery -- 5. Original disorder: Noah's curse and the southern defense of slavery -- 6. Grandson of disorder: Nimrod comes to America -- Part III: Noah's camera -- 7. Noah's sons in New Orleans: Genesis 9-11 and Benjamin Morgan Palmer -- 8. Honor, order, and mastery in Palmer's biblical imagination -- 9. Beyond slavery, beyond race: Noah's camera in the twentieth century -- Part IV: Redeeming the curse -- 10. Challenging the curse: readings and counterreadings -- 11. Redeeming the curse: ham as victim -- 12. Conclusion: Racism, religion, and responsible scholarship
Summary In Noah's Curse, Stephen Haynes explores the historical context of slavery. The author identifies the manner in which the great and good interpreted the story in Genesis to provide free labour and a scriptural justification for the Black Holocaust
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-313) and index
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Subject Ham (Biblical figure)
SUBJECT Ham (Biblical figure) fast
Bible. Genesis, IX-XI -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Genesis 9,25. swd
Subject Slavery -- Justification.
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament.
Slavery -- Justification
Begründung
Sklaverei
Slavernij.
Rechtvaardiging.
Bijbel.
SUBJECT United States -- Church history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139926
Subject United States
USA
Genre/Form Church history
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 142940518X
9781429405188
0195142799
9780195142792