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Can a Cushite Change His Skin?

An Examination of Race, Ethnicity, and Othering in the Hebrew Bible

by Rodney S. Sadler Jr.

  • Hardback
  • 190 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.3 cm

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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 subjugation of this foreign other. In order to ground this analysis, this study investigates how contemporary scholars have understood "race" and "ethnicity" and proposes working definitions for these contested terms. Sadler's study reveals that though there were on occasion constituent elements of racialist thought employed in biblical representations of the Cushites, there does not appear to have been a coherent system of racial thought in the Hebrew Bible. Often esteemed by biblical authors, Cushites were viewed as an ethnic group like most of the nations mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In fact, this study also reveals that there was considerable contact between Cushites and the people of Judah throughout the biblical period.It concludes by suggesting that biblical scholars need to critically reassess their understanding of Cushites and the role this people played in the history of the Levant.

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    December 2005

  • Weight

    450g

  • Page Count

    190

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567029607

  • ISBN-10

    0567029603

  • Eden Code

    1152058

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