Between Heretics and Jews: Inventing Jewish Identities in Ethiopia
The Beta Israel, the Ethiopian Jews, have suffered from a negative or complete misrepresentation in the written and oral sources of pre-modern Ethiopia. The term Jew was deliberately chosen to stigmatize heretic groups, or any other group deviating from the normative church doctrine. Often no diff...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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Entangled Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Pages: 247-308 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ethiopia
/ Christian literature
/ Falashas
/ Stigmatization
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| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethiopian Christianity
B Ethiopian Jews B anti-Jewish polemics B oral traditions and legends |
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| Summary: | The Beta Israel, the Ethiopian Jews, have suffered from a negative or complete misrepresentation in the written and oral sources of pre-modern Ethiopia. The term Jew was deliberately chosen to stigmatize heretic groups, or any other group deviating from the normative church doctrine. Often no difference was made between Jewish groups or heretic Christians; they were marginalized and persecuted in the harshest way. The article illustrates how Jews are featured in the Ethiopian sources, the apparent patterns in this usage, and the polemic language chosen to describe these people. |
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| ISSN: | 2363-6696 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.13154/er.v6.2018.247-308 |