Slavery, the Hebrew Bible and the Development of Racial Theories in the Nineteenth Century

Racial ideas which developed in the modern west were forged with reference to a Christian worldview and informed by the Bible, particularly the Old Testament. Up until Darwin’s scientific reframing of the origins debate, European and American race scientists were fundamentally Christian in their ori...

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Main Author: Burrell, Kevin 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2021
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 9
Further subjects:B racial theories
B Hebrew Bible
B Curse of Ham
B Race and ethnicity
B Race
B Hamitic Hypothesis
B Old Testament
B Racism
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