The Beta Israel: Falasha in Ethiopia: From Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century

by Steven Kaplan

Book Overview

...balanced and well informed...a striking piece of scholarship aimed at demythologizing the origins of the Ethiopian Falasha.
-Foreign AffairsKaplan's definitive treatment will be of interest to students and scholars of Jewish history, African history, and comparative religion, as well as anyone interested in Jewish affairs and the modern Middle East.
The Midwest Book ReviewKaplan's conceptualizations are judicious and clearly expressed...incisive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814746640
• ISBN13: 9780814746646
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"