The question of Kinship: Bodies and narratives in the Beta Israel-european Encounter (1860-1920)

Journal of Religion in Africa

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 86-120

  Seeman, Don ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 70449911807     PISSN: 00224200     EISSN: 15700666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157006600X00500     Document Type: Article

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