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Symbolic blackness and ethnic difference in early Christian literature

Author: Gay L Byron
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Gay Byron creates a solid foundation of theoretical arguments as the basis for her discussion of the presence of Blacks in Christian antiquity. Her study will appeal to a range of disciplines, including biblical and cultural studies.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Gay L Byron
ISBN: 0415243688 9780415243681 0415243696 9780415243698
OCLC Number: 49238671
Description: xii, 223 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Interpreting ethnic and color differences in early Christian writings --
Egyptians, Ethiopians, Blacks, and blackness in Greco-Roman literature --
"We were Ethiopians in our vices and sins" : ethno-political rhetorics defining vices and sins --
"Stirring up the passions" : ethno-political rhetorics defining sexual threats --
"Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia" : ethno-political rhetorics defining insiders and outsiders.
Responsibility: Gay L. Byron.

Abstract:

Gay Byron creates a solid foundation of theoretical arguments as the basis for her discussion of the presence of Blacks in Christian antiquity. Her study will appeal to a range of disciplines, including biblical and cultural studies.

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