Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. Images of Blacks
7. ONE. Biblical Israel: The Land of Kush 17
8. TWO. Biblical Israel: The People of Kush 26
9. THREE. Postbiblical Israel: Black Africa 41
10. FOUR. Postbiblical Israel: Black Africans 46
11. Part Two. The Color of Skin
12. FIVE. The Color of Women 79
13. SIX. The Color of Health 93
14. SEVEN. The Colors of Mankind 95
15. EIGHT. The Colored Meaning of Kushite in Postbiblical Literature 113
16. Part Three. History
17. NINE. Evidence for Black Slaves in Israel 131
18. Part Four. At The Crossroads of History and Exegesis
19. TEN. Was Ham Black? 141
20. ELEVEN “Ham Sinned and Canaan was Cursed?!” 157
21. TWELVE. The Curse of Ham 168
22. THIRTEEN. The Curse of Cain 178
23. FOURTEEN. The New World Order: Humanity by Physiognomy 183
24. Conclusion. Jewish Views of Black Africans and the Development of Anti-Black Sentiment in Western Thought 195
25. APPENDIX I. When is a Kushite not a Kushite? Cases of Mistaken Identity 201
26. APPENDIX II. Kush/Ethiopia and India 211
27. NOTES 213
28. Glossary of Sources and Terms 379
29. Subject Index 395
30. Index of Ancient Sources 413
31. Index of Modern Scholars 431