The Black Jews of Africa: History, Religion, Identity

by Edith Bruder

Book Overview

The last several decades have seen the emergence of a remarkable phenomenon: a Jewish "rebirth" that is occurring throughout Africa. A variety of different ethnic groups proclaim that they are returning to long-forgotten Jewish roots, and African clans trace their lineage to the Lost Tribes of Israel. Africans have encountered Jewish myths and traditions in multiple forms and various ways. The context and circumstances of these encounters have gradually...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019993455X
• ISBN13: 9780199934553
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"