Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jewish) monastic sites North of Lake Tana
- This paper presents results of the first field trip aimed at locating and studying the remains of Beta Israel1 (Ethiopian Jewish) monasteries, as part of an ongoing research project aimed at shedding light on Beta Israel monasticism. Prior to this field trip, no Beta Israel monastery had ever been mapped, and no study focused on these monasteries has ever been conducted. On the trip, two former Beta Israel villages north of Lake Tana were examined: Amba Gwalit and Aṭeyä. At Amba Gwalit, the remains of a Beta Israel holy site, which may have been a monastery containing a synagogue and surrounded by an enclosure wall, were documented. In a nearby Beta Israel cemetery, the tomb of a well-known Beta Israel monk was found. At Aṭeyä, remains of well-preserved Beta Israel dwellings were examined. Both sites demonstrated that Beta Israel material culture in Ethiopia is sufficiently preserved to enable further research aimed at locating and examining Beta Israel monasteries.
| Author: | Bar KribusGND, Verena KrebsGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-57299 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.13154/er.v6.2018.309-344 |
| Parent Title (English): | Entangled Religions : Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer |
| Subtitle (English): | Preliminary results of an exploratory field trip to Ethiopia in December 2015 |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2018/06/12 |
| Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
| Tag: | JEWSEAST, Project ID: 647467 Beta Israel; Ethiopian Jews; Falasha; Gonder; Lake Tana; monasteries; monasticism |
| Volume: | 2018 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| First Page: | 309 |
| Last Page: | 344 |
| Note: | JEWSEAST, Project ID: 647467, Gefördert unter: H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) |
| Relation (DC): | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/647467 |
| OpenAIRE: | OpenAIRE |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |
