ISBN:
9780813548432
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (259 pages)
Series Statement:
Jewish Cultures of the World Ser
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.892/4063
Keywords:
Jews, Ethiopian
;
Feres Mura
;
Jews History
;
Judaism
;
Ethiopia ; Ethnic relations
;
Feres Mura
;
Jews ; Ethiopia ; History
;
Jews, Ethiopian ; Israel
;
Judaism ; Ethiopia
;
Electronic books
;
Ethiopia Ethnic relations
;
Online-Publikation
Abstract:
Distilling more than ten years of ethnographic research, Don Seeman depicts the rich culture of the group, as well as their social and cultural vulnerability, and addresses the problems that arise when immigration officials, religious leaders, or academic scholars try to determine the legitimacy of Jewish identity or Jewish religious experience.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: A Death in Addis Ababa -- Chapter 2: The Question of Kinship -- Chapter 3: Purity of Heart -- Chapter 4: Returning to Judaism -- Chapter 5: Absorption -- Chapter 6: Blood and Terror -- Chapter 7: The "Feres Mura" Dilemma -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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