'A negro, naturally a slave' : an aspect of the portrayal of Africans in colonial Old Testament interpretation
The essay analyzes how Old Testament references to black people - the so-called 'Cushites' - are portrayed in colonial Old Testament interpretation. The point of departure is an Edinburgh commentary from 1899 on the Books of Samuel, where a Cushite officer in King David's army (cf. 2...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2008
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Old Testament essays
Année: 2008, Volume: 21, Numéro: 2, Pages: 373-382 |
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| Résumé: | The essay analyzes how Old Testament references to black people - the so-called 'Cushites' - are portrayed in colonial Old Testament interpretation. The point of departure is an Edinburgh commentary from 1899 on the Books of Samuel, where a Cushite officer in King David's army (cf. 2 Sam 18) is described as 'a negro (naturally, a slave)'. Based on a discussion of various hermeneutical approaches to the relationship between 'Africa' and the Old Testament, it is argued that the term 'naturally' reflects a late nineteenth century, colonial understanding of Africans. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/EJC85947 |
