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Product Identifiers
PublisherCarolina Academic Press
ISBN-100890898200
ISBN-139780890898208
eBay Product ID (ePID)1067563
Product Key Features
Number of Pages544 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBlack Judaism : Story of an American Movement
Publication Year2002
SubjectBlack Studies (Global), General, History
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, Social Science, History
AuthorJames Landing
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight33.7 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN97-013610
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal299/.93
SynopsisThroughout most black societies today, there are Jews who are not accepted by the worldwide community of Rabbinic Jews. They are known as Black Jews, and the movement they represent is known as Black Judaism. Originating in the post-Civil War southern states, the early leaders of this movement were motivated by oppression and racism to migrate north. They came into contact with Rabbinic Jews and the Judaism they represented, but Black Jews and Black Judaism were rejected. Black Judaism continued to spread and reached the continent of Africa where it became an integral part of the Independent Black Church Movement and an active component of the various struggles for independence. From New York it spread to Latin America, especially the West Indies, and is known there in its most varied form as "Rastafarianism." During the turbulent days of the Civil Rights era, an uneasy alliance developed between some Black Jews and Rabbinic Jews, but again rejection soon followed. Black Judaism has never been a large movement in numbers of adherents, but its influence far exceeds its numbers, making it recognizable, as Landing shows in this book, as one of the most important social movements in African-American history. "There is limited existing literature on the topic and Landing's book offers a much needed analysis of this little known religious phenomenon. The work includes an extensive annotated bibliography and photographic supplement. Recommended for academic and research libraries." -- Association of Jewish Libraries, September/October 2004
LC Classification NumberBP605.B64L36 2001
