The Black Jews of Africa

The Black Jews of Africa
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : 9780195333565
ISBN-13 : 019533356X
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Book Synopsis The Black Jews of Africa by : Edith Bruder

Download or read book The Black Jews of Africa written by Edith Bruder and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-06-05 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book presents, one by one, the different groups of Black Jews in Western central, eastern, and southern Africa and the ways in which they have used and imagined their oral history and traditional customs to construct a distinct Jewish identity. It explores the ways in which Africans have interacted with the ancient mythological sub-strata of both western and African ideas of Judaism."--Résumé de l'éditeur.


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