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Jewish Autonomy in Conflict with Christians in Northern Ethiopia: The Gideonite Dynasty and the Solomonic Kingdom

Jewish Autonomy in Conflict with Christians in Northern Ethiopia: The Gideonite Dynasty and the Solomonic Kingdom - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Bar KribusSeries:Jewish EngagementsPublish date:8/31/2025Pages:200
Language:EnglishPublisher:ARC Humanities PressISBN-13:9781802701869ISBN-10:1802701869UPC:9781802701869Book Category:History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Jewish, Africa, JudaismBook Topic:East, HistorySize:9.10 x 6.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCECD8QSVH

Jewish Autonomy in Conflict with Christians in Northern Ethiopia: The Gideonite Dynasty and the Solomonic Kingdom

Medieval and early modern Jews usually lived as a minority under non-Jewish rule, but there are a few known cases of independent or autonomous Jewish polities. One of the most intriguing is the autonomous Betä Ǝsraʾel (Ethiopian Jews) in the Sǝmen Mountains of Ethiopia.

Betä Ǝsraʾel oral tradition refers to this polity as the "Kingdom of the Gideonites." From the fifteenth to the seventeenth...

Series: Jewish Engagements
Language:EnglishPublisher:ARC Humanities PressISBN-13:9781802701869ISBN-10:1802701869UPC:9781802701869Book Category:History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Jewish, Africa, JudaismBook Topic:East, HistorySize:9.10 x 6.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCECD8QSVH
Bar Kribus ========== Bar Kribus is an archaeologist at Tel Aviv University, specializing in Ethiopian archaeology and history, with a focus on the archaeology and history of the Betä Ǝsraʾel (Ethiopian Jews).
Publisher: ARC Humanities Press

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