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The Karaite Jews in Israel

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dc.contributor.advisor Resnick, Max
dc.contributor.author Newman, Albert Richard en
dc.date.accessioned 2015-01-23T04:23:59Z
dc.date.available 2015-01-23T04:23:59Z
dc.date.issued 1996-11 en
dc.identifier.citation Newman, Albert Richard (1996) The Karaite Jews in Israel, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17564> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17564
dc.description.abstract Founded in the eighth Century CE by Anan ben David, the basic tenet of this breakaway Jewish sect was that the Bible was the only divine script. Over the ensuing years, a long line of sages consolidated this dictum, establishing a set of rules which at times was even more rigid than the Rabbanite teachings they had rejected. From the tenth to the twentieth centuries the Karaites were dispersed and persecuted as were their Rabbanite brethren. By the middle of the 20th century, their largest settlement, a flourishing community in Egypt, came to an end with the eruption of hostilities between Israel and her Arab neighbours. Most of this community settled in Israel where they met with opposition or indifference from the Rabbanite establishment. This work describes the history of the Karaites, their present situation and the barriers they have overcome in the fulfillment of their special brand of Judaism. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (182 leaves) en
dc.language.iso en
dc.subject.ddc 296.81 en
dc.subject.lcsh Karaites -- Israel en
dc.subject.lcsh Jews -- Israel -- Identity en
dc.subject.lcsh Karaites (Jewish law) en
dc.subject.lcsh Israel -- Religion. en
dc.subject.lcsh Israel -- Ethnic relations en
dc.subject.lcsh Karaites -- History en
dc.title The Karaite Jews in Israel en
dc.type Dissertation
dc.description.department Religious Studies and Arabic
dc.description.degree M.A. (Semitics) en


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