Jews of Ethiopia : the birth of an elite / / edited by Tudor Parfitt and Emanuela Trevisan Semi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457565803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-134-36768-6; 1-280-15518-3; 0-203-61216-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Jewish studies series
• Altri autori (Persone): ParfittTudor; Trevisan SemiEmanuela
• Disciplina: 963/.004924
• Soggetti: Jews, Ethiopian; Jews, Ethiopian - Israel; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; JEWS OF ETHIOPIA: The birth of an elite; Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE CONSTRUCTION OF JEWISH IDENTITIES IN AFRICA; 2 GIOVANNI ELLERO'S MANUSCRIPT NOTES ON THE FALASHA OF WALQAYT; 3 S. SCHACHNOWITZ'S NOVEL SALOMO DER FALASCHA (1923); 4 THE FALASHAS IN THE GERMAN JEWISH PRESS IN GERMANY DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; 5 ETHIOPIAN JEWS IN EUROPE: Taamrat Emmanuel in Italy and Makonnen Levi in England; 6 ABRAHAM ADGEH: The perfect English gentleman; 7 GETE YIRMIAHU AND BETA ISRAEL'S REGENERATION: A difficult path; 8 THE ETHIOPIAN JEWISH EXODUS: A myth in creation9 THE SACRED AND SECULAR: The immigration of the black Jews of Ethiopia to Israel; 10 BIRTH AND DEATH IN AN ABSORPTION CENTRE: The process of change among Ethiopian Jews in Israel; 11 THE FUNCTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE LITURGY OF THE ETHIOPIAN JEWS; 12 ABOUT THE JEWISH IDENTITY OF THE BETA ISRAEL; 13 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BETA ISRAEL TRADITION AND THE BOOK OF JUBILEES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers the results of the most recent research carried out in ; European and Israeli universities on Ethiopian Jews. With a special focus on Europe and the role played by German, English and Italian Jewish communities in creating a new Jewish Ethiopian identity, it investigates such issues as the formation of a new Ethiopian Jewish elite and the transformation of the identity from Ethiopian Falashas to the Jews of Ethiopia during the twentieth century.

Let-Marefià : Prima stazione geografica italiana nello Scioa e le nostre relazioni con l'Etiopia (1876-1896) / Leopoldo Traversi

• Record Nr.: UNIORUON00078612
• Autore: TRAVERSI, Leopoldo
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milano, : Edizioni Alpes, 1931
• Descrizione fisica: xv, 443 p. ; 21 cm.
• Disciplina: 916.304
• Soggetti: ETIOPIA - Descrizioni e viaggi
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia