Can a Cushite change his skin? : an examination of race, ethnicity, and othering in the Hebrew Bible /

How did the authors of the Hebrew Bible perceive the Cushites? Sadler demonstrates that the answer to this question provides insights into the way differences that modern scholars would classify as ""racial"" were understood in ancient Israel/Judah. By examining explicit biblical...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sadler, Rodney Steven, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; London : T & T Clark, ©2005.
Colección:Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 425.
T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
Temas:
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Old Testament
Bibel > Altes Testament
Cushites.
Black people in the Bible.
Koushites.
Personnes noires dans la Bible.
RELIGION > Judaism > Sacred Writings.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
Black people in the Bible
Cushites
Etnische identiteit.
Nubiërs.
Oude Testament.
Schwärze
Kuschiten.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:How did the authors of the Hebrew Bible perceive the Cushites? Sadler demonstrates that the answer to this question provides insights into the way differences that modern scholars would classify as ""racial"" were understood in ancient Israel/Judah. By examining explicit biblical references to Cush and Cushites, a nation and people most modern scholars would deem racially ""black, "" this book explores the manner by which the authors of the Hebrew Bible represented the Cushite, and determines whether differences in human phenotypes facilitated legitimating ideologies that justified the subjugat.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 175 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-165) and index.
ISBN:9780567515735
0567515737

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