racist overtones in Hermas
Frank W. Hughes
fwhughes at sunbeach.net
Mon Sep 4 09:33:14 EDT 2000
Wow -- the racism in that text is strong. I wouldn't call it an
overtone. How about just translating it as it is and then just saying
it is racist?
This reminds me of the remark about Cretans in the epistle to Titus.
But there it is about people from Crete and their behavior, whereas in
the Hermas text the comment is about black people as an inferior race.
Maybe I should create a postgraduate seminar on "Racism and Sexism in
Early Christian Literature." Hermas, Similitude 9 would be a star
text. I think I would also include the passage in Augustine preferring
the Greek OT over the Hebrew Bible.
Thanks for the idea.
Frank W. Hughes
Lecturer in New Testament Studies
Codrington College
St. John
Barbados
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