| Title |
Genetics, History, and Identity: The Case of the Bene Israel and the Lemba
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry, June 2005
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11013-005-7425-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Tudor Parfitt, Yulia Egorova |
| Abstract |
The paper examines the impact of genetic research on the religious identity of the Bene Israel Indian Jewish community and the Lemba Judaising group of southern Africa. It demonstrates how DNA tests which happened to support the possibility of the communities' legends of origin affected their self-perception, the way they are viewed by their neighbors, and their image in the West. It is argued that in both cases what accounted most for the Bene Israel and Lemba responses to the tests was the way the results were portrayed in the mass media, the history of the development of Judaism in their communities, and the local realities. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 27 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 21% |
| Researcher | 4 | 14% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 14% |
| Other | 2 | 7% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 6 | 21% |
| Unknown | 4 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 8 | 29% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 18% |
| Arts and Humanities | 4 | 14% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 4 | 14% |
| Unknown | 5 | 18% |
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