The Beta Israel in Ethiopia and Israel: Studies on Ethiopian Jews

Tudor Parfitt, Emanuela Trevisan Semi

Psychology Press, 1999 - 304 עמודים

For decade the Falashas - the Black Jews of Ethiopia - have fascinated scholars. Are they really Jews and in what sense? How can their origins be explained? Since the Falashas' transfer to Israel in the much publicised Israeli air lifts the fascination has continued and and new factors are now being discussed.

Written by the leading scholars in the field the essays in this collection examine the history, music, art, anthropology and current situations of the Ethopian Jews. Issues examined include their integration into Middle Eastern society, contacts between the Falasha and the State of Israel how the Falasha became Jews in the first place.

תוכן

• Rabbi Nahoums Anthropological Mission to Ethiopia: 1
• The Tragic Story of Faitlovitchs: 15
• The Life and Death of Solomon Isaac: 40
• The Impact of the Italian Occupation of Ethiopia on: 50
• Some Unpublished Documents Relating to the Twentieth: 61
• The Case of the Falas Mura: 70
• Ethiopian Dynastic Marriage and the Beta Israel: 81
• Kinship as a Paradigm for: 94
• The Strengths: 128
• Fertility Decline and Changes in the Life Course among: 137
• Research: 160
• Identity Reformulation among Ethiopian Immigrant: 169
• War in Songs: 181
• Tradition or Change: 191
• Some Patterns of Oral: 201
• Oral and Written Traditions: 209
• The Formal Organisation of the Beta Israel Liturgy: 235
• Musical Structure: 252
• Divination as Prevention of Illness and other Life: 264
• Idioms and Narratives of Mental Health Problems among: 285
• The Epistle of Elias: 301

מידע ביבליוגרפי

• כותרת: The Beta Israel in Ethiopia and Israel: Studies on Ethiopian Jews; SOAS Near and Middle East publications
• עורכים: Tudor Parfitt, Emanuela Trevisan Semi
• תורם: Ḥevrah le-ḥeḳer Yehude Etyopiyah
• מהדורה: הדפסה חוזרת
• הוצאה: Psychology Press, 1999
• ISBN: 0700710922, 9780700710928
• אורך: 304 עמודים