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The Jews of Andhra Pradesh : contesting caste and religion in South India

Author: Yulia Egorova
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Edition/Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"'The jews of Andhra Pradesh' is an engaging and thought-provoking ethnography devoted to the Bene Ephraim -a Dalit group in India that has embraced Jewish tradition. Egorova and Perwez offer a nuanced and theoretically-informed account which explores how the story of the Bene Ephraim challenges and extends contemporary understandings of Jewishness and illuminates radical new directions in Dalit discourse"--Provided  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Yulia Egorova
ISBN: 9780199929214 0199929211
OCLC Number: 827261045
Description: x, 208 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents: Re-discovering the past of Jewish Dalits --
The Bene Ephraim between Judaism(s) --
All of us --
The children of Israel --
The other Bene Ephraim.
Responsibility: by Yulia Egorova and Shahid Perwez.

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This is the first book devoted to the Bene Ephraim-a group of former untouchables in Andhra Pradesh who have claimed Jewish identity for themselves.  Read more...

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<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/1371500105#Topic\/jews_india_guntur_district<\/a>> # Jews--India--Gunt\u016Br (District)<\/span>\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a schema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0schema:hasPart<\/a> <http:\/\/id.loc.gov\/authorities\/subjects\/sh85070470<\/a>> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0schema:name<\/a> \"Jews--India--Gunt\u016Br (District)<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.<\/div>
<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/1371500105#Topic\/juden<\/a>> # Juden<\/span>\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a schema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0schema:name<\/a> \"Juden<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.<\/div>
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<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/1371500105#Topic\/paria<\/a>> # Paria<\/span>\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a schema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0schema:name<\/a> \"Paria<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.<\/div>
<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/1371500105#Topic\/religion_history<\/a>> # Religion--history<\/span>\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a schema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0schema:name<\/a> \"Religion--history<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.<\/div>
<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/1371500105#Topic\/social_class_history<\/a>> # Social Class--history<\/span>\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a schema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0schema:name<\/a> \"Social Class--history<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.<\/div>
<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/1371500105#Topic\/social_mobility<\/a>> # Social Mobility<\/span>\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a schema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0schema:name<\/a> \"Social Mobility<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.<\/div>
<http:\/\/id.loc.gov\/vocabulary\/countries\/nyu<\/a>>\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a schema:Place<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0dcterms:identifier<\/a> \"nyu<\/span>\" ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.<\/div>
<http:\/\/id.worldcat.org\/fast\/1002665<\/a>> # Lost tribes of Israel<\/span>\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a schema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0schema:name<\/a> \"Lost tribes of Israel<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.<\/div>
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