Jews of Nigeria, (Paperback)
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| Management number | 240786349 | Release Date | 2026/07/16 | List Price | US$9.18 | Model Number | 240786349 | ||
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While Jews have long had a presence in Ethiopia and the Maghreb, Africa's newest Jewish community of note is in Nigeria, where upwards of twenty thousand Igbos are commonly claimed to have adopted Judaism. Bolstered by customs recalling an Israelite ancestry, but embracing rabbinic Judaism, they are also the world's first "Internet Jews." William Miles has spent over three decades conducting research in West Africa. In Jews of Nigeria: An Afro-Judaic Odyssey, he shares life stories from this spiritually passionate community, as well as his own Judaic reflections, as he celebrates Hanukkah and a bar mitzvah with "Jubos" in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. A concluding encounter with laureate Chinua Achebe reveals unexpected family connections to one of the most intriguing Jewish and African communities to emerge in modern times.
- Jews of Nigeria, (Paperback)
- Author: Markus Wiener Publishers
- ISBN: 9781558765665
- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 2012-08-13
- Page Count: 184
| Book format | Paperback |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Non-Fiction |
| Genre | Religion |
| Publication date | August, 2012 |
| Pages | 184 |
| Subgenre | Judaism |
| Series title | No Series |
| Number in series | 0 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Markus Wiener Publishers |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Edu focus | Social Science |
| Awards won | National Jewish Book Award (Jewish Life) (2013) (Commended) |
| Is collectible | N |
| Recording time | 0 min |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 6.00 x 0.42 x 9.00 in |
| Assembled product weight | 0.61 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | Religion |
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