Exodus and emancipation : Biblical and African-American slavery

The Resource Exodus and emancipation : Biblical and African-American slavery

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Exodus and emancipation : Biblical and African-American slavery

Title remainder

Biblical and African-American slavery

Statement of responsibility

Kenneth Chelst

Language

eng

Summary

Presenting a new perspective on the saga of the enslavement of the Jewish people and their departure from Egypt, this study compares the Jewish experience with that of African-American slaves in the United States, as well as the latter group's subsequent fight for dignity and equality. This consideration dives deeply into the biblical narrative, using classical and modern commentaries to explore the social, psychological, religious, and philosophical dimensions of the slave experience and mentality. It draws on slave narratives, published letters, eyewitness accounts, and recorded interviews with former slaves, together with historical, sociological, economic, and political analyses of this era. The book explores the five major needs of every long-term victim and journeys through these five stages with the Israelite and the African-American slaves on their historical path toward physical and psychological freedom. This rich, multi-dimensional collage of parallel and contrasting experiences is designed to enrich readers' understanding of the plight of these two groups

Action

digitized

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

222.110609

Illustrations

illustrations
maps

Index

index present

LC call number

HT915

LC item number

.C44 2009eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

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