Go Down, Moses, 246 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Sun, 2016-08-21 10:17
Text: 
Go Down, Moses
Location: 
McCaslin Commissary in Go Down, Moses (Location)
Page Number: 
246
Order within Page: 
1
First 8-10 words of event: 
and McCaslin 'The sons of Ham. You who quote the Book:
Page Event Ends: 
247
Era: 
Pre-Removal (-1830)
Characters Present: 
Cass Edmonds
Ike McCaslin
Characters Mentioned: 
God Whom Ike McCaslin Describes
Unnamed Authors of the Bible
Narrative Status: 
Hypothesized
Date: 
Saturday, January 1, 0000 to Sunday, January 2, 0000
Summary: 

Ike explains how the "men who transcribed His Book for Him," that is, the fallibly human authors of the Bible, often misrepresented God's ideas (246). This, according to Ike, explains how the Bible apparently could defend slavery.

Chronological Order: 
2.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Authorship, Trying_to_Say, Heart's_Truth, Slavery, Allusion:Sons_of_Ham, Failure
Actions:
Communication›Writing
Cultural Issues:
Slavery›Biblical curse
Themes and Motifs:
Meaning›Limitations of words / language | Recurring Tropes›Trying to say
Aesthetics:
Allusion, Biblical›Ham | Interpretation›Ambiguity | Typography/Orthography›Capitalization

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