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Black Jews in Africa and the Americas tells the fascinating story of how the Ashanti, Tutsi, Igbo, Zulu, Beta Israel, Maasai, and many other African peoples came to think of themselves as descendants of the ancient tribes of Israel. Pursuing medieval and modern European race narratives over a millen...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Parfitt, Tudor
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Jews > Africa > History.
African Americans > Relations with Jews.
African American Jews > History.
Juifs > Afrique > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Relations avec les Juifs.
Juifs noirs américains > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
African American Jews
African Americans > Relations with Jews
Colonial influence
Ethnic relations
Jews
Africa > History.
Africa > Colonial influence > History.
Africa > Ethnic relations.
United States > Ethnic relations.
Afrique > Histoire.
Afrique > Influence coloniale > Histoire.
Afrique > Relations interethniques.
États-Unis > Relations interethniques.
Africa
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The color of Jews
  • Lost tribes of Israel in Africa
  • Ham's children
  • Judaic practices and superior stock
  • Half white and half black
  • The emergence of Black Jews in the United States
  • Divine geography and Israelite identities
  • The internalization of the Israelite myth
  • History, genetics, and Indigenous Black African Jews.

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