IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 524: On the Borders of Jewish Identity: Cultural Encounters between Christians and the Betä Ǝsra'el (Ethiopian Jews)

Tuesday 5 July 2022, 09.00-10.30

Organiser:	Alexandra F. C. Cuffel, Centrum für Religionswissenschaftliche Studien, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Moderator/Chairs:	Alexandra F. C. Cuffel, Centrum für Religionswissenschaftliche Studien, Ruhr-Universität Bochum Adam Simmons, Department of History, Lancaster University
Paper 524-a	The Campaign of the Solomonic Monarch Yəsḥaq (1414-1429/30) as a Turning Point in Betä Ǝsra'el History: Its Commemoration in Solomonic and Betä Ǝsra'el Sources and Holy Sites (Language: English) Bar Kribus, Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem / Centrum für Religionswissenschaftliche Studien, Ruhr-Universität Bochum Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Paper 524-b	Expanding Borders through the Cross: Missionary Activities of Orthodox Christian Saints among the Betä Ǝsra'el (Language: English) Sophia Dege-Müller, Centrum für Religionswissenschaftliche Studien, Ruhr-Universität Bochum / Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian Studies, Universität Hamburg Index terms: Hagiography, Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Paper 524-c	Representations of the History of Betä Ǝsra'el in the Royal Chronicle of King Śarḍa Dǝngǝl (r. 1563-1597): A Historical Commentary (Language: English) Solomon Gebreyes Beyene, Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian Studies, Universität Hamburg Index terms: Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Historiography - Medieval
Abstract	In this session, we will examine both Christian representations of Jews and the Beta Israel's own construction of identity of sacred and political space in late medieval and early modern Ethiopia. We will carefully consider how these constructions of self and other shaped encounters between Beta Israel and Christians both in the context of religious encounters and political interactions.