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: | Article |
Language: | English |
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CERES / KHK Bochum
2018-04-01
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Series: | Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer |
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Online Access: | https://er.ceres.rub.de/index.php/ER/article/view/865 |