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

By: Publication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 209 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442200470
  • 1442200472
  • 1282480502
  • 9781282480506
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Other Zions.DDC classification:
  • 909/.04924 22
LOC classification:
  • DS102.95 .M37 2010eb
Online resources:
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 Birobidzhan -- Who is a Jew? Zion and identity.
Summary: The Other Zions tells the fascinating and little-known stories of independent Jewish states, kingdoms, and tribes throughout history. Though Israel is the only Jewish nation most people can name, there have been many more. Author Eric Maroney introd.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-201) 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 Birobidzhan -- Who is a Jew? Zion and identity.

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The Other Zions tells the fascinating and little-known stories of independent Jewish states, kingdoms, and tribes throughout history. Though Israel is the only Jewish nation most people can name, there have been many more. Author Eric Maroney introd.

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