Black Jews in Africa and the Americas

by Tudor Parfitt

Book Overview

Black Jews in Africa and the Americas tells the fascinating story of how the Ashanti, Tutsi, Igbo, Zulu, Beta Israel, Maasai, and many other African peoples came to think of themselves as descendants of the ancient tribes of Israel. Pursuing medieval and modern European race narratives over a millennium in which not only were Jews cast as black but black Africans were cast as Jews, Tudor Parfitt reveals a complex history of the interaction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674066987
• ISBN13: 9780674066984
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.4"