Chad Lee February 11, 2008 Response to Noah’s Nakedness and the
curse of Canaan: Frederick Bassetts exegesis gets close to a potentially viable explanation to the curse of Canaan found in the
biblical book of Genesis. An admirable argument ensues from the beginning. Genesis is about the beginning of time and the biblical account of Adam and Eve and the offspring they produced. After Gods growing displeasure with man, mankind was eliminated in the great flood. That is except for the prophet Noah and his family, the only remaining descendants of Adam and Eve, on
Earth. This is such a fascinating story that it bears noting that every major religion on the earth today agrees in some degree, to a great flood. This is mentioned because the context of the biblical reference to mankind being wiped out by God and Noah’s favored status and subsequent powers to curse his own kin, is put into
place quite eloquently throughout the book of Genesis to the extent that after approximately seven-thousand years, there is
little public dispute of its authenticity. Bassett doesn’t harm its’ place here. He does however lend it an under-thrown effort. Bassett does a lot of citation throughout but little in the way of
specific quotes. He says “Apart from these traditions, critical interpreters have frequently noted….” But he never quotes specific biblical scholars until almost the last page. Then quotations from scholars like J. Hoftijzer, Hermann Gunkel and Graves and Patai, appear like receding waters before the rain ever begins to pour. Bassetts global view of this aspect of Noah’s having been violated through an affair with Noah’s wife by his son is an excellent fork in the olive branch of an important piece of historic writing and only by offering gallons of specific biblical scholar reviews could Bassetts theory carry more water in my book.
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