Was Western civilization founded by ancient Egyptians and
Phoenicians?
Can the ancient Egyptians usefully be called black?
Did the ancient Greeks borrow religion, science, and philosophy
from the Egyptians and Phoenicians?
Have scholars ignored the Afroasiatic roots of Western civilization
as a result of racism and anti-Semitism?
In this collection of twenty essays, leading scholars in a broad
range of disciplines confront the claims made by Martin Bernal in
"Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization," In
that work, Bernal proposed a radical reinterpretation of the roots
of classical civilization, contending that ancient Greek culture
derived from Egypt and Phoenicia and that European scholars have
been biased against the notion of Egyptian and Phoenician influence
on Western civilization. The contributors to this volume argue that
Bernal's claims are exaggerated and in many cases unjustified.
Topics covered include race and physical anthropology; the
question of an Egyptian invasion of Greece; the origins of Greek
language, philosophy, and science; and racism and anti-Semitism in
classical scholarship. In the conclusion to the volume, the editors
propose an entirely new scholarly framework for understanding the
relationship between the cultures of the ancient Near East and
Greece and the origins of Western civilization.
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