African Jewish communities
American Jewish Year Book
American Pro-Falasha Committee
Ben Zeev
Ben Zvi
Bene Israel
Beta Israel
Black Jews
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Chinese Jews
Cohen Modal Haplotype
colonialism and religion
DNA Finding
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Eretz Yisrael
Ethiopian Hebrew
Ethiopian Jews
gender roles in religion
global Judaising movements research
Great Zimbabwe
Italian Converts
Jacques Faitlovitch
Jewish Brigade
Judaising Movement
Junk DNA
Levi's Mission
messianic movements analysis
North East South Africa
religious conversion studies
religious identity formation
San Nicandro
Ten Lost Tribes
Young Man
Zion Christian Church
Product details
- ISBN 9780700715152
- Weight: 490g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 28 Mar 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The history of Judaising movements has been largely ignored by historians of religion. This volume analyzes the interplay between colonialism, a Judaism not traditionally viewed as proselytising but which at certain points was struggling to heed the Prophets and become a light unto the Gentiles' and the attraction for many different peoples of the rooted historicity of Judaism and by the symbolic appropriation of Jewish suffering.
This book will look at the role of colonialism in the development of Judaising movements throughout the world, including New Zealand, Japan, India, Burma and Africa. Particular attention will be paid to the Lemba tribe of Southern Africa. A remarkable parallel movement in 1930s Southern Italy will also be dealt with. The history of the converts of San Nicandro is seen in the context of currents of Jewish universalism, messianism and Zionism. Gender issues are also discussed here as the converted women assumed powers they had not hitherto enjoyed.
Tudor Parfitt, Emanuela Trevisan Semi
