Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Trevisan Semi, Emanuela.
2. University of London. Centre of Near and Middle Eastern Studies.

Description

1. xv, 159 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

1. "The history of Judaising movements has been largely ignored by historians of religion; this is the first monograph devoted to the subject. These movements are examined in Italy, New Zealand, Japan, India, Burma and various parts of Africa. The 'centre' of these movements, proselytising trends in Palestine/Israel in the 1940s and 1950s which conceived of the mass conversion to Judaism of certain populations in Africa and Asia and involved various well-known Jewish personalities, are also examined, as are Judaising movements among Black communities in the United States." "This volume analyses 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

1. Conversion > History > 20th century
2. Judaism > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

1. History

Contents

1. 1. Judaising Movements and Colonial Discourse -- 2. Israel in China: A Judaising Discourse in the Far East -- 3. The Lemba: An African Judaising Tribe -- 4. Conversion and Judaisation: The 'Lost Tribes' Committees at the Birth of the Jewish State -- 5. A Conversion Movement in Italy: Jewish Universalism, Conversion and Gender in San Nicandro -- 6. The 'Falashisation' of the Blacks of Harlem: A Judaising Movement in 20th-century USA.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. "SOAS Centre for Near and Middle East Studies"-- cover.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-120) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain