Such a justification would also include establishing the status of the Bible as a historical text.įurthermore, if the Noah/flood story is historically true, does it not follow that God is responsible for genocide? Given the presumptions about God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and all-good then the responsibility for initiating the flood is an act of God and hence God is responsible for genocide. However, if it is presumed to be a historical matter-whether Noah is Black or white-there is a need for justifying such an assumption. The cinematic presentation, in turn, could not be viewed as a documentary account but rather as an artistic expression of literary license. The rising trend in intermarriage has resulted in a growing multiracial. He believed that color prejudice generally evolved from issues of domination and power between two. Rogers was a humanist who believed that there were no scientifically evident racial divisionsall humans belong to one race. Noah’s race would be the stuff of legendary account and not historical accuracy. Moreover, given that the Black-White color line no longer reflects Americas. In Nature Knows No Color-Line, originally published in 1952, historian Joel Augustus Rogers examines the origins of racial hierarchy and the color problem. Rogers was a humanist who believed that there were no scientifically evident racial divisionsall humans belong to one 'race.
If it is located as legend it follows that it makes no significant historical difference that Noah is either Black or white. In Nature Knows No Color-Line, originally published in 1952, historian Joel Augustus Rogers examines the origins of racial hierarchy and the color problem.
The overriding question in this chapter becomes, does the substitution of a “Black” Noah address an omission in history or does it provide an alternative religious legend? Answering this question is a concern respecting the Noah/Flood account and its locus as history or legend. The context for this chapter is a debate on the Russell Crowe’s cinematic production of Noah and the presentation of Noah as a white man.
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