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Symbolic Blackness And Ethnic Difference In Early Christian Literature

Blackened by Their Sins: Early Christian Ethno-Political Rhetorics About Egyptians, Ethiopians, Blacks and Blackness [Paperback]

by Gay L Byron

    • Author

      Gay L Byron

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Taylor & Francis Ltd

    • Published

      May 2002

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      Symbolic Blackness And Ethnic Difference In Early Christian Literature

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      This pioneering work provides a well documented examination of some of the main references to Eqyptians/Egypt, Ethiopians/Ethiopia, and Blacks/blackness in early Christian writings. The author explores how perception about ethnic and color differences influenced the discursive strategies of ancient Christian authors. In spite of the basic contention that Christianity was to extend to all peoples, this book demonstrates that certain groups of Christians were marginalised and rendred invisible and silent. They were, in effect, 'blackened by their sins'. The first part of the book explains the theoretical basis for reading ethno-political rhetorics in early Christian writings. The next chapter provides a taxonomy of these rhetorics, classifying the various usages of Egyptians/Egypt, Ethiopians/Ethiopia, and Blacks/blackness within Greco-Roman writings (both Christian and non-Christian).Drawing upon sources from the first to sixth centuries, the author argues that ancient Christians referred to Egyptians, Ethiopians and blacks as a strategy for instructing their followers, maligning their opponenets, and warning their communities about sins and vices, sexual temptations, and 'heresies'. This long-overdue analysis demonstrates the sophisticated ways that Christian writers attempted to shape the self-understandings of their communities through the use of ethnic and color-symbolic language; it also sets out how ethnic and color difference came to symbolise certain theological, ideological, and political intra-Christian controversies and challenges. It will be useful for those studying the New Testament and early Church history, as well as literary theorists and gender critics who will find the book a valuable interdisciplinary resource.

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      • Author

        Gay L Byron

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Taylor & Francis Ltd

      • Published

        May 2002

      • Weight

        341g

      • Page Count

        240

      • Dimensions

        156 x 234 x 13 mm

      • ISBN

        9780415243698

      • ISBN-10

        0415243696

      • Eden Code

        1007233

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      • Author/Creator: Gay L Byron

      • ISBN: 9780415243698

      • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

      • Release Date: May 2002

      • Weight: 341g

      • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 13 mm

      • Eden Code: 1007233


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