From Dalits to Bene Ephraim: Judaism in Andhra Pradesh
The community of Bene Ephraim was established in the late 1980s in Andhra Pradesh by a group of Christianized Madiga who declared that they belonged to one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. The paper explores the extent to which Bene Ephraim narratives of origin have been and are being shaped by the res...
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Religions of South Asia
Year: 2010, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 105-124 |
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untouchability
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