The curse of Ham : race and slavery in early Judaism, Christianit y, and Islam /
David M. Goldenberg.
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2003.
- xv, 448 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-378) and indexes.
Biblical Israel : the land of Kush -- Biblical Israel : the people o f Kush -- Postbiblical Israel : black Africa -- Postbiblical Israel : b lack Africans -- The color of women -- The color of health -- The color s of mankind -- The colored meaning of Kushite in postbiblical literatu re -- Evidence for black slaves in Israel -- Was Ham black? -- "Ham sin ned and Canaan was cursed?" -- The curse of Ham -- The curse of Cain - - The new world order : humanity by physiognomy -- Jewish views of blac k Africans and the development of anti-black sentiment in western thoug ht -- When is a Kushite not a Kushite? Cases of mistake identity -- Kus h/Ethiopia and India.