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Jews of Ethiopia : the birth of an elite /

With a special focus on Europe and the role of German, English and Italian Jewish communities in creating a new Jewish Ethiopian identity, the book investigates the formation of a new Ethiopian Jewish elite.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Trevisan Semi, Emanuela, Parfitt, Tudor
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Series:RoutledgeCurzon Jewish studies series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The construction of Jewish identities in Africa / Tudor Parfitt
  • 2. Giovanni Ellero's manuscript notes on the Falasha of Walqayt / Irma Taddia
  • 3. S. Schachnowitz's novel Salomo der Falascha (1923) / Sigrid Sohn
  • 4. The Falashas in the German Jewish press in Germany during the first half of the twentieth century / Sigrid Sohn
  • 5. Ethiopian Jews in Europe : Taamrat Emmanuel in Italy and Makonnen Levi in England / Emanuela Trevisan Semi
  • 6. Abraham Adgeh : the perfect English gentleman / Shalva Weil
  • 7. Gete Yirmiahu and Beta Israel's regeneration : a difficult path / Carlo Guandalini
  • 8. The Ethiopian Jewish exodus : a myth in creation / Gadi Ben Ezer
  • 9. The sacred and secular : the immigration of the black Jews of Ethiopia to Israel / Ruben Schindler
  • 10. Birth and death in an Absorption Centre : the process of change among Ethiopian Jews in Israel / Sara Minuchin-Itzigsohn, Rina Hirshfeld and Rivka Hanegbi
  • 11. The function of musical instruments in the liturgy of the Ethiopian Jews / Ron Atar
  • 12. About the Jewish identity of the Beta Israel / Amaleletch Teferi
  • 13. The relationship between the Beta Israel tradition and the Book of Jubilees / Michael Corinaldi.