Genealogies and gene-ideologies: The legitimacy of the Beta Israel (Falasha)

Steve Kaplan

doi:10.1080/13504630600823668

Genealogies and gene-ideologies: The legitimacy of the Beta Israel (Falasha)

Steve Kaplan

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The migration of the vast majority of Beta Israel (Falasha) to Israel has been accompanied by major shifts in the discourse regarding their 'Jewishness' and 'Ethiopianness'. This article discusses the adoption of traditions of Danite descent in place of traditions of Solomonic descent and the emergence of genetics as the most important identity marker, replacing reckonings of lineage. The first shift is connected to the migration of the Beta Israel from Ethiopia to Israel; the second to changing concepts of what represents proof of identity in the modern and post-modern world.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	447-455
Number of pages	9
Journal	Social Identities
Volume	12
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13504630600823668
State	Published - Jul 2006

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