The Lemba : a lost Tribe of Israel in Southern Africa

Le Roux, Magdel

dc.contributor.author	Le Roux, Magdel
dc.date.accessioned	2015-10-14T08:37:02Z
dc.date.available	2015-10-14T08:37:02Z
dc.date.issued	2005	en
dc.identifier.isbn	1868882837	en
dc.identifier.isbn	9781868882837
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19450
dc.description.tableofcontents	Chapter one --Maps (page x) -- Preface (page xiii-xiv) -- Introduction (pages 1-9) -- The structure of book (pages 10 -12) -- Some ways in which the Old Testament was received in Africa 13 -- Introduction 13 -- Ostensible reasons for 'religious shift' world- wide (pages 16-17) -- 'Judaising' movements in Africa (pages 18-19) -- Conclusion ( pages 28) -- Chapter Three -- Conflicting accountings of the possible (pages 28-30) -- Semitic history and origins of the Lemba (page 31) -- Introduction (page 31) -- Anthropological, archaeological and other accounts of the history and origins of the Lemba (page 32) --Theories of origin (pages 60- 72) -- Evaluation page (page 73) -- Chapter four -- Social practices of the Lemba and early Israel (pages 79-116) -- Chapter five -- Religious experience among the Lemba and in early Israel (pages 117- 139) Influences from different religions on the religious experience of the Lemba and early Israel (pages 140-147 -- Evaluation and comparison (page 148) -- Chapter six -- Myth among the Lemba and in early Israel (pages 151 -160) --Chapter seven -- Rites among the Lemba and in early Israel (pages 162 -187) -- Chapter Eight -- Law and ethics among the Lemba and in early Israel (pages 191-207) --Chapter nine -- The Lemba and early Israel as oral cultures ( pages 209-232) -- Chapter ten--Conclusion (pages 235- 303)
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Pretoria : Unisa Press
dc.subject.classification	History
dc.subject.lcsh	Lemba (South African people)
dc.subject.lcsh	Lost tribes of Israel
dc.title	The Lemba : a lost Tribe of Israel in Southern Africa	en
dc.type	Book
dc.description.version	First edition
dc.description.version	1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages) : illustrations, , maps