Lineage Matters: DNA, Race, and Gene Talk in Judaism and Messianic Judaism

Based on ethnographic and archival research conducted on North American Judaism and Messianic Judaism, this article argues that each group uses DNA in what appear to be sociologically similar ways but that actually differ profoundly at the theological level. Our analysis moves beyond DNA testing per...

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Authors: Imhoff, Sarah (Author) ; Kaell, Hillary (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press [2017]
In: Religion and American culture
Year: 2017, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 95-127
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Judaism / Messianism / Genealogy / Cultural identity
Further subjects:B Messianic Judaism
B Race
B Judaism
B Science
B Genetics
B Identity
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