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On Nigerian Claims to Jewish and Judaic Traditions: A Reply to Fatai Ayisa Olasupo
- Author(s):
- Shai Afsai (see profile)
- Date:
- 2014
- Subject(s):
- Nigeria, Ethiopia, Israel, Zionism, Judaism, Jews--Identity, Africans--Religion, Igbo (African people), Igbo (African people)--Religion, Jews, Ethiopian
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Ethiopian Jews, Igbo religion, Igbo, Nigerian Peoples and Cultures, Rabbinic Judaism, lost tribes, Jewish identity, Nigeria, Beta Israel, Israel
- Permanent URL:
- https://doi.org/10.17613/8y6p-vn16
- Abstract:
- For those with an interest in Nigerian claims to Jewish and Judaic traditions, Professor Fatai Ayisa Olasupo’s “Black African Jews, the Nigerian Question and the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel: A Comparison of Igbo and Yoruba Claims to Jewish and Judaic Traditions” (Vol. 7, No. 4, 2014, pp. 49-62) is intriguing. As it is possible scholars attentive to the topic of Yoruba, Igbo, and smaller Nigerian ethnic groups tracing their roots or origins to the people of Israel may make use of Professor Olasupo’s article, it is useful here to address three errors and misconceptions contained therein, as well as offer some additional comments particularly related to Igbo Jewry.
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- Published as:
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- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 months ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives
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