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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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1992] ©1992 |
| Year of Publication: | 1992 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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