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The other Zions : the lost histories of Jewish nations / Eric Maroney.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 209 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781442200470
  • 1442200472
  • 1282480502
  • 9781282480506
  • 1442200472
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Other Zions.DDC classification:
  • 909/.04924 22
LOC classification:
  • DS102.95
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
A neutral piece of land: the Jewish state -- So if the king of Israel should come with his men: the lost tribes in history and myth -- King Solomon loved many strange women: the Jewish kingdom of Ethiopia -- Though we are far from Zion: the Khazar Jewish kingdom -- And Jews were independent of any gentile yoke: the Jewish tribes of the Hijaz and the Jewish kingdom of Himyar (Yemen) -- In the manner of the Jewish tradition: the Jewish kingdom of Adiabene -- They have no settled, agreed beliefs: the Kahina and the Berber Jews -- A Jewish national state: the Soviet Jewish Autonomous Region in Birobizhan -- Who is a Jew? Zion and identity.
Summary: Though Israel is the only Jewish nation most people can name, there have been many more. Author Eric Maroney introduces readers to the Jews of Khazaria, Adiabene (modern day Iraq), Ethiopia, Birobidzhan (modern day Russia), Himyar (modern day Yemen), and more. --from publisher description.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)336953

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A neutral piece of land: the Jewish state -- So if the king of Israel should come with his men: the lost tribes in history and myth -- King Solomon loved many strange women: the Jewish kingdom of Ethiopia -- Though we are far from Zion: the Khazar Jewish kingdom -- And Jews were independent of any gentile yoke: the Jewish tribes of the Hijaz and the Jewish kingdom of Himyar (Yemen) -- In the manner of the Jewish tradition: the Jewish kingdom of Adiabene -- They have no settled, agreed beliefs: the Kahina and the Berber Jews -- A Jewish national state: the Soviet Jewish Autonomous Region in Birobizhan -- Who is a Jew? Zion and identity.

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Though Israel is the only Jewish nation most people can name, there have been many more. Author Eric Maroney introduces readers to the Jews of Khazaria, Adiabene (modern day Iraq), Ethiopia, Birobidzhan (modern day Russia), Himyar (modern day Yemen), and more. --from publisher description.