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Jewish autonomy in conflict with Christians in northern Ethiopia
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- Book Synopsis
- 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 Beta¨ ?sra?el (Ethiopian Jews) in the S?men Mountains of Ethiopia. Beta¨ ?sra?el oral tradition refers to this polity as the "Kingdom of the Gideonites." From the fifteenth to the seventeenth century, the Beta¨ ?sra?el of the S?men and its surroundings were involved in a series of wars against the Christian Solomonic kingdom, until finally being subdued in the late 1620s. Based, in part, on the archaeological survey of Beta¨ ?sra'el monastic sites, this book examines not only textual and oral accounts, but also the historical geography of the Beta¨ ?sra?el polity and its strongholds. It also discusses the commemoration of these wars in later times and their impact on the development of religious sites.
- About The Author
- 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 ?sra?el (Ethiopian Jews).
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781802701869
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Arc Humanities Press, (22 August 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 197
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 23 mm
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