Symbolic Blackness and Ethnic Difference in Early Christian Literature

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Looking at the neglexted issue of race and ethnicity brings new perspectives to the study of the ancient world; now, Gary L. Byron's exciting work is the first to classify and offer theoretical insights about the symbolic usages of Egyptians, Ethiopians and Blacks in Christian antiquity. --

subjects: Bible,  Relations interethniques,  Symboliek,  Blacks,  Aspect religieux,  Literatur,  Critique sociorhétorique,  Église,  Christelijke literatuur,  Rhétorique ancienne,  History,  Blacks in literature,  Symbolik,  Littérature chrétienne primitive,  Histoire,  Ethnizität,  Histoire et critique,  Early Christian literature,  Noirs dans la littérature,  Noirs,  Christianisme,  Negers,  Frühchristentum,  Christian literature, early,  African americans in literature,  RELIGION,  Christian Church,  Christianity,  Black people,  Black people in literature,  Personnes noires dans la littérature,  History and criticism,  Socio-rhetorical criticism,  Ethnic relations,  Religious aspects,  Ancient Rhetoric,  Church history