The Curse of Ham: Race and Slavery in Early Judaism, Christianity, and IslamPrinceton University Press, 2003 - 448 עמודים 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. By tracing the development of anti-Black sentiment during this time, Goldenberg uncovers views about race, color, and slavery that took shape over the centuries--most centrally, the belief that the biblical Ham and his descendants, the black Africans, had been cursed by God with eternal slavery. |
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Introduction | 1 |
PART ONE IMAGES OF BLACKS | 17 |
THREE | 41 |
PART TWO THE COLOR OF SKIN | 79 |
The Color of Health | 93 |
The Colored Meaning of Kushite in Postbiblical Literature | 113 |
PART THREE HISTORY | 131 |
Was Ham Black? | 141 |
The Curse of Cain | 178 |
Conclusion | 195 |
APPENDIX I | 201 |
APPENDIX II | 211 |
GLOSSARY OF SOURCES AND TERMS | 379 |
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INDEX OF MODERN SCHOLARS | 431 |