Unnamed Authors of the Bible
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Unnamed Authors of the Bible
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Unnamed Authors of the Bible
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Indeterminable
Rank:
Peripheral
Vitality:
Dead
Occupation:
Other
Specific Job:
Writers
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The first time Ike refers to the Bible, he talks about it as the word of God: "He told in the Book," etc. (243). But when Cass challenges him on the subject of race in the Bible, repeating the familiar pro-slavery argument that the enslaved Africans were the accursed "sons of Ham" (246), Ike introduces the idea of "the men who wrote His Book for Him" (246), i.e. the human authors who "transcribed His Words," and often misquoted Him, or misrepresented His will, despite their desire to "write down the heart's truth" (247).
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Created by a Character in Text
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Group
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