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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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Related Subjects:(18)
- Blacks -- History -- To 1500.
- Christian literature, Early.
- Blacks in literature.
- Christelijke literatuur.
- Negers.
- Symboliek.
- Bible. -- N.T. -- Critique sociorhétorique.
- Littérature chrétienne primitive -- Histoire et critique.
- Relations interethniques -- Aspect religieux -- Christianisme.
- Rhétorique ancienne.
- Église -- Histoire -- ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
- Noirs -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 1500.
- Noirs dans la littérature.
- Ethnizität.
- Frühchristentum.
- Literatur.
- Symbolik.
- Schwarze.

