Jewish Autonomy in Conflict with Christians in Northern Ethiopia

Name: Jewish Autonomy in Conflict with Christians in Northern Ethiopia
Brand: ARC Humanities Press
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By Bar Kribus

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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 Betä Ǝsraʾel (Ethiopian Jews) in the Sǝmen Mountains of Ethiopia. Betä Ǝsraʾel oral tradition refers to this polity as the "Kingdom of the Gideonites." From the fifteenth to the seventeenth century, the Betä Ǝsraʾel of the Sǝmen 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 Betä Ǝsra'el monastic sites, this book examines not only textual and oral accounts, but also the historical geography of the Betä Ǝsraʾel polity and its strongholds. It also discusses the commemoration of these wars in later times and their impact on the development of religious sites.

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Number of Pages:: 200
Release Date:: 2025-08-31
Publication Date:: 2025-08-31
Publisher:: ARC Humanities Press
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1802701869
ISBN13:: 9781802701869
Weight:: 452 g
Height:: 156 cm
Width:: 232 cm
Thickness:: 16 cm

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