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Braude, Benjamin. "The Sons of Noah and the Construction of Ethnic and Geographical Identities in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods." The William and Mary Quarterly 54, no. 1 (1997): 103–142.
Analyzes biblical narratives about the sons of Noah across a wide range of Hellenic, rabbinic, medieval European-Christian, and contemporary sources. The essay argues for the hermeneutic flexibility of the sons of Noah narratives, showing for instance that while the figure of Ham was consistently othered, the concepts of Blackness, slavery, and Africa existed in a state of relative disentanglement in premodern contexts. The work engages discussions in the study of religion, the Bible, Blackness, and modernity.
