LEADER 05502nam 2200817Ia 450 001 9910456917003321 005 20220204193223.0 010 $a1-282-30375-9 010 $a9786612303753 010 $a1-4008-2854-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400828548 035 $a(CKB)2550000000001557 035 $a(EBL)475861 035 $a(OCoLC)501292312 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000336441 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11241278 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336441 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10279163 035 $a(PQKB)10987832 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC475861 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36443 035 $a(DE-B1597)446490 035 $a(OCoLC)979578962 035 $a(OCoLC)984656839 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400828548 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL475861 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10333510 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL230375 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000001557 100 $a20050613d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe curse of Ham$b[electronic resource] $erace and slavery in early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam /$fDavid M. Goldenberg 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. ;$aWoodstock $cPrinceton University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (468 p.) 225 0 $aJews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern 300 $aOriginally published: 2003. 311 $a0-691-11465-X 311 $a0-691-12370-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction --$tPart I. Images of Blacks --$tONE. Biblical Israel: The Land of Kush --$tTWO. Biblical Israel: The People of Kush --$tTHREE. Postbiblical Israel: Black Africa --$tFOUR. Postbiblical Israel: Black Africans --$tPart Two. The Color of Skin --$tFIVE. The Color of Women --$tSIX. The Color of Health --$tSEVEN. The Colors of Mankind --$tEIGHT. The Colored Meaning of Kushite in Postbiblical Literature --$tPart Three. History --$tNINE. Evidence for Black Slaves in Israel --$tPart Four. At The Crossroads of History and Exegesis --$tTEN. Was Ham Black? --$tELEVEN "Ham Sinned and Canaan was Cursed?!" --$tTWELVE. The Curse of Ham --$tTHIRTEEN. The Curse of Cain --$tFOURTEEN. The New World Order: Humanity by Physiognomy --$tConclusion. Jewish Views of Black Africans and the Development of Anti-Black Sentiment in Western Thought --$tAPPENDIX I. When is a Kushite not a Kushite? Cases of Mistaken Identity --$tAPPENDIX II. Kush/Ethiopia and India --$tNOTES --$tGlossary of Sources and Terms --$tSubject Index --$tIndex of Ancient Sources --$tIndex of Modern Scholars 330 $aHow old is prejudice against black people? Were the racist attitudes that fueled the Atlantic slave trade firmly in place 700 years before the European discovery of sub-Saharan Africa? In this groundbreaking book, David Goldenberg seeks to discover how dark-skinned peoples, especially black Africans, were portrayed in the Bible and by those who interpreted the Bible--Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Unprecedented in rigor and breadth, his investigation covers a 1,500-year period, from ancient Israel (around 800 B.C.E.) to the eighth century C.E., after the birth of Islam. By tracing the development of anti-Black sentiment during this time, Goldenberg uncovers views about race, color, and slavery that took shape over the centuries--most centrally, the belief that the biblical Ham and his descendants, the black Africans, had been cursed by God with eternal slavery. Goldenberg begins by examining a host of references to black Africans in biblical and postbiblical Jewish literature. From there he moves the inquiry from Black as an ethnic group to black as color, and early Jewish attitudes toward dark skin color. He goes on to ask when the black African first became identified as slave in the Near East, and, in a powerful culmination, discusses the resounding influence of this identification on Jewish, Christian, and Islamic thinking, noting each tradition's exegetical treatment of pertinent biblical passages. Authoritative, fluidly written, and situated at a richly illuminating nexus of images, attitudes, and history, The Curse of Ham is sure to have a profound and lasting impact on the perennial debate over the roots of racism and slavery, and on the study of early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. 410 0$aJews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World 606 $aBlack people in the Bible 606 $aBlack people$xPublic opinion$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aJews$xAttitudes$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aChristians$xAttitudes$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aMuslims$xAttitudes$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aSlavery$xJustification$xHistory 606 $aBlack race$xColor 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBlack people in the Bible. 615 0$aBlack people$xPublic opinion$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xAttitudes$xHistory 615 0$aChristians$xAttitudes$xHistory 615 0$aMuslims$xAttitudes$xHistory 615 0$aSlavery$xJustification$xHistory. 615 0$aBlack race$xColor. 676 $a200.8996 700 $aGoldenberg$b David M.$f1947-$01046675 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456917003321 996 $aThe curse of Ham$92473760 997 $aUNINA