Research Catalog

Title

Between Africa and Zion : proceedings of the First International Congress of the Society for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry / edited by Steven Kaplan, Tudor Parfitt, Emanuela Trevisan Semi.

Author

Ḥevrah le-ḥeḳer Yehude Etyopyah. International Congress (1st : 1993 : University of Venice)

Publication

Jerusalem : Ben-Zvi Institute, 1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kaplan, Steven.
• Parfitt, Tudor.
• Trevisan Semi, Emanuela.
• ‏חברה לחקר יהודי אתיופיה.
• Ḥevrah le-ḥeḳer Yehude Etyopyah.

Description

257, 6 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm

Alternative Title

• Ben Afriḳah le-Tsiyon
• Proceedings of the first International Congress of the Society for the Study of Ethiopian Jewry.

Subjects

• Jews, Ethiopian
• Jews
• Congresses (form)
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Falascha
• Juden
• Äthiopien
• Israel
• Ethiopia
• Jews, Ethiopian > Israel > Congresses
• Jews > Ethiopia > Congresses
• Falasja's
• Joden
• conference papers (form)
• Falasha
• 1993
• 1991

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Congresses (form)

Note

• The congress was held at the University of Venice, Feb. 1-4, 1993.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• Abstracts in Hebrew.

Contents

• Beta Israel studies toward the year 2000 / Steven Kaplan (12 p.). -- Africa and Zion: the case of the Lemba / Tudor Parfitt (7 p.). -- The Shibboleth of complexity: a theoretical approach to the study of Ethiopian Jewry / Emanuela Trevisan Semi (5 p.). -- The place of Meroë in biblical studies / David Kessler (9 p.). -- Prester John: legendary king of Ethiopia / Paul Stenhouse (8 p.). -- Early Karaite influences on the Falashas / Nathan Schur (5 p.). -- Ayhud and Walasha: oral and written traditions concerning the reign of King Yeshäq in fifteenth century Ethiopia / James Quirin (17 p.). -- The Dainelli and Viterbo missions among the Falashas (1936-37) / Emanuela Trevisan Semi (8 p.).
• Falasha manuscripts and their illustration: an historical discussion prompted by a visit to Gondar, Ethiopia, in 1990 / Richard Pankhurst (14 p.). -- Further reflections on the Falasha and Samaritan versions of the legend of Susanna / Paul Stenhouse (9 p.). -- The Beta Israel (Falasha) names for God in Agaw prayer texts / David L Appleyard (10 p.). -- Purity and conversion norms among the Falashas / Michael Corinaldi (13 p.). -- Reflections of Ethiopian cultural patterns on the Beta Israel absorption in Israel: the "Barya" case / Hagar Salamon (5 p.). -- The Balä Ejj coniniunity of Shawa / Richard Pankhurst (22 p.).
• Medical program for displaced Ethiopian Jews / Richard M Hodes (7 p.). -- Cross-cultural pluralists in action: the case of "Segd" celebration of Ethiopian Jews in youth Aliyah's residential institutions in Israel / Emmanuel Grupper (6 p.). -- Migration and transitions: three generations of Ethiopian women / Eva M Leitman (13 p.). -- The absorption of Ethiopian immigrants: a census in Kiryat Gat / Gila Noam (10 p.). -- The bureaucratic absorption of Ethiopian immigrants in Israel: integration or segregation?! / Esther Hertzog (14 p.). -- Health behavior and traditional healing among Ethiopian immigrants in Israel / Anita Nudelman (8 p.). -- The reformulation of cultural identity among Ethiopian immigrant soldiers to Israel / Malka Shabtay (6 p.). -- The embroidered pictures of Yazazo Aklum of Tigre : their source and significance / Ora Shwartz-Beeri (13 p.). -- Representations of leadership among Ethiopian Jews in Israel / Shalva Weil (10 p.). -- Coping processes among Jewish Ethiopian students in Israel: connection to roots in Ethiopia and Israel / Rafael Youngmann (12 p.). -- Patterns of adaptation of Ethiopian Jews within Israeli society / Alex Weingrod (5 p.).

ISBN

• 9652350583
• 9789652350589

LCCN

95201041

OCLC

• ocm33862491
• 33862491
• SCSB-14415769

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library