The Curse of Ham

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"In this 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."--Jacket.

subjects: Blacks in the Bible,  Bible,  Justification,  Jews,  Blacks,  Color,  Criticism, interpretation,  Slavery,  Muslims,  Public opinion,  Black race,  Attitudes,  Christians,  History,  Christendom,  Fluch,  Bijbel,  Rassismus,  Sklaverei,  Esclavage,  Schwarze,  Christentum,  Juifs,  Judentum,  Jodendom,  Chrétiens,  Rassenvraagstuk,  Critique, interprétation,  11.09 systematic religious studies: other,  Musulmans,  To 1500,  Slavernij,  Histoire,  Race noire,  Couleur,  Noirs,  Noirs dans la Bible,  Islam,  Ham (biblical figure),  Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t. pentateuch,  Jews, history,  Blacks, history,  Slavery, justification,  Slavery, history,  Black people in the Bible,  Black people