The Black Jews of Africa: history, religion, identity
The lost tribes of Israel -- Jewish accounts and Christian traditions -- The mythography of Africa -- The legend of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba -- Blacks and Jews, the archetypal others -- Encountering and reinventing the Africans and the Jews in the colonial era, 15th to 19th century -- Appropri...
| Summary: | The lost tribes of Israel -- Jewish accounts and Christian traditions -- The mythography of Africa -- The legend of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba -- Blacks and Jews, the archetypal others -- Encountering and reinventing the Africans and the Jews in the colonial era, 15th to 19th century -- Appropriating Jewish history by the African diaspora, 19th to 20th century -- Historical narratives of a Jewish presence in sub-Saharan Africa -- African Jews in western and central Africa -- African Jews in eastern and southern Africa -- Ancient myths and modern phenomena |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-275) and index |
| Physical Description: | XII, 283 S., Kt, 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0-19-533356-X 978-0-19-533356-5 |
