The Curse of Ham: Race and Slavery in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World (33)) Paperback - 2005
by Goldenberg, David M
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- Title The Curse of Ham: Race and Slavery in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World (33))
- Author Goldenberg, David M
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Paperback
- Condition New
- Pages 472
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton
- Date 2005-08-07
- Features Glossary
- Bookseller's Inventory # ING9780691123707
- ISBN 9780691123707 / 0691123705
- Weight 1.44 lbs (0.65 kg)
- Dimensions 9.28 x 6.12 x 1.13 in (23.57 x 15.54 x 2.87 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: African
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Religious Orientation: Jewish
- Dewey Decimal Code 291
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"A truly stunning work and a masterpiece of its kind. David Goldenberg goes far beyond anyone else in offering the most comprehensive, convincing, and important analysis I've read on interpretations of the famous Curse and, generally, of blackness and slavery. His research is breathtaking. It yields almost definitive answers to many longstanding debates over early attitudes toward dark skin."--David Brion Davis, Yale University, author of In the Image of God: Religion, Moral Values, and Our Heritage of Slavery
"A great book on a great topic. It is great both for what it does and what it does not do. What it does is to survey, consider, annotate, and analyze every Jewish text that refers to, or can be thought to refer to, black/dark skin or Black Africans. And yet it does not engage in polemics or apologetics."--Shaye J. D. Cohen, Harvard University, author of The Beginnings of Jewishness
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- New York Review of Books, 11/16/2006, Page 37
