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African Jewish history
Alliance Israelite Universelle
ancient Egypt Judaism
Author_David F. Kessler
Axumite Empire
Axumite Kingdom
Bet Israel
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Blue Nile
Bruce's Travels
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Cos Mas
Cushite civilisation research
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Ethiopia Observer
Ethiopian Jews
ethnographic analysis Ethiopia
faitlovitch
Falasha Village
Follow
Haile Selassie
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Horn of Africa religions
jacques
Jacques Faitlovitch
Jewish
Jewish Element
Jewish Religion
joseph
Joseph Halevy
Kebra Nagast
King Of Kings
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mountains
nile
origins of Beta Israel community
religious diaspora studies
semien
Semien Mountains
Solomonic Line
South Arabia
South West Arabia
tana
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780714646466
- Weight: 570g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Aug 1996
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This third, revised edition comprises the whole of the original volume and is enhanced by the addition of a new preface and afterward which seek to reply to criticisms of the authors argument about the origins of the Falashas, and include some new thinking on the subject. Drawing on tradition and legend to reinforce his argument, the author again traces the source of the community to the Jewish settlements which existed in ancient Egypt (particularly at Elephantine on the Nile) and in the ancient Meroitic Kingdom, in present day Sudan known in the Bible as Cush.
The story told in this book is remarkable, heroic and stimulating and makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the history of the horn of Africa.
