1st Edition
Judaising Movements Studies in the Margins of Judaism in Modern Times
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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The history of Judaising movements has been largely ignored by historians of religion. This volume analyzes the interplay between colonialism, a Judaism not traditionally viewed as proselytising but which at certain points was struggling to heed the Prophets and become a light unto the Gentiles' and the attraction for many different peoples of the rooted historicity of Judaism and by the symbolic... Read more
Chapter 1 Judaising Movements and Colonial Discourse, Tudor Parfitt; Chapter 2 Israel in China, Tudor Parfitt; Chapter 3 The Lemba, Tudor Parfitt; Chapter 4 Conversion and Judaisation, Emanuela Trevisan Semi; Chapter 5 A Conversion Movement in Italy, Emanuela Trevisan Semi; Chapter 6 The ‘Falashisation’ of the Blacks of Harlem, Emanuela Trevisan Semi;
Biography
Tudor Parfitt, Emanuela Trevisan Semi
'This fascinating and copiously annotated study of the dialectics of cross-cultural encounters and influences, assumptions of identity, and the invention of traditions will be of interest to scholars in a wide spectrum of fields beyond Judaic studies.' - Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
