The Beta Israel : : Falasha in Ethiopia: From Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century / / Steven B. Kaplan.
.balanced and well informed.a striking piece of scholarship aimed at demythologizing the origins of the Ethiopian Falasha.-Foreign AffairsKaplan's definitive treatment will be of interest to students and scholars of Jewish history, African history, and comparative religion, as well as anyone in...
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Kaplan, Steven B., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Beta Israel : Falasha in Ethiopia: From Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century / Steven B. Kaplan. New York, NY : New York University Press, [1992] ©1992 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Ethiopian Jews: Obscure Beginnings -- 2. Speculation and Legend -- 3. From Ayhud to Falasha: The Invention of a Tradition -- 4. Resistance and Defeat: 1468-1632 -- 5. Glory and Decline: 1632-1855 -- 6. A Mission to the Jews -- 7. Kifu-qen: The Great Famine of 1888-92 -- Conclusions: Before Faitlovitch -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star .balanced and well informed.a striking piece of scholarship aimed at demythologizing the origins of the Ethiopian Falasha.-Foreign AffairsKaplan's definitive treatment will be of interest to students and scholars of Jewish history, African history, and comparative religion, as well as anyone interested in Jewish affairs and the modern Middle East. The Midwest Book ReviewKaplan's conceptualizations are judicious and clearly expressed.incisive and well documented. and provides essential background for the process of assimilation now taking lace in Israel.-The International Journal of African Historical Studies Kaplan's able interdisciplinary approach is of great value for persons interested in religion, civilization, and process of change.-Religious Studies Review Kaplan's well-written, lucid presentation make[s] this important, competent contribution accessible to all levels of readers. Highly recommended.ChoiceInsightful and thorough, a welcome contribution.Kay Kaufman Shelemay, Professor of Music, Harvard UniversityUndoubtedly the most detailed, most scholarly, and most dispassionate argument of Falasha history hitherto published. [T]his work deserves . the most careful study by all those (and in particular in Israel) who have any practical or scholarly connection with the Beta Israel.-- Edward UllendorffEmeritus Professor of Ethiopian Studies, University of LondonFellow of the British AcademyGiven Kaplan's facility with both written and oral sources, he is in a unique position to synthesize and reconcile the new historical findings of ethnographers with the written sources and differing conclusions of earlier historians and linguists. His work is insightful and thorough, a welcome contribution.-- Kay Shelemay, Wesleyan University The origin of the Black Jews of Ethiopia has long been a source of fascination and controversy. Their condition and future continues to generate debate. The culmination of almost a decade of research, The Beta Israel (Falasha) in Ethiopia marks the publication of the first book-length scholarly study of the history of this unique community.In this volume, Steven Kaplan seeks to demythologize the history of the Falasha and to consider them in the wider context of Ethiopian history and culture. This marks a clear departure from previous studies which have viewed them from the external perspective of Jewish history. Drawing on a wide variety of sources including the Beta Israel's own literature and oral traditions, Kaplan demonstrates that they are not a lost Jewish tribe, but rather an ethnic group which emerged in Ethiopia between the 14th and 16th century. Indeed, the name, Falasha, their religious hierarchy, sacred texts, and economic specialization can all be dated to this period. Among the subjects the book addresses are their links with Ethiopian Christianity, the medieval legends concerning their existence, their wars with the Ethiopian emperors, their relegation to the status of a despised semi-caste, their encounters with European missionaries, and the impact of the Great Famine of 1888-1892.Kaplan's definitive treatment will be of interest to students and scholars of Jewish history, African history, and comparative religion, as well as anyone interested in Jewish affairs and the modern Middle East. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Jews Ethiopia History. RELIGION / Judaism / History. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 9783110716924 print 9780814746646 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814763537.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814763537 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814763537/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Ethiopian Jews: Obscure Beginnings -- 2. Speculation and Legend -- 3. From Ayhud to Falasha: The Invention of a Tradition -- 4. Resistance and Defeat: 1468-1632 -- 5. Glory and Decline: 1632-1855 -- 6. A Mission to the Jews -- 7. Kifu-qen: The Great Famine of 1888-92 -- Conclusions: Before Faitlovitch -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Ethiopian Jews: Obscure Beginnings -- 2. Speculation and Legend -- 3. From Ayhud to Falasha: The Invention of a Tradition -- 4. Resistance and Defeat: 1468-1632 -- 5. Glory and Decline: 1632-1855 -- 6. A Mission to the Jews -- 7. Kifu-qen: The Great Famine of 1888-92 -- Conclusions: Before Faitlovitch -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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