Thin Description: Ethnography and the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem

405 Pages·2013·1.72 MB·English

by  John L. Jackson Jr.

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Ethnography and thE african hEbrEw
israElitEs of JErusalEm
John l. Jackson, Jr.
Harvard University Press
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Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England
2013
Copyright © 2013 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jackson, John L., Jr., 1971– .
Thin description: ethnography and the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem /
by John L. Jackson, Jr.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-674-04966-6
1. African Hebrew Israelite Nation of Jerusalem. 2. Black Hebrews—Israel—Dimonah—
Social conditions. 3. African Americans—Relations with Jews. 4. Ammi,
Ben, 1939– 5. Dimonah (Israel)—Ethnic relations. I. Title.
BP605.B63J33 2013
305.8'9605694—dc23 2013008005
Contents
one Passover 1
two Introductions 11
tHree Artscience 21
foUr Megiddo 31
five Chicago 39
six Exiles 47
seven Backstage 53
eigHt Analogies 59
nine Asiel 71
ten Hustling 79
eleven Ignorance 89
twelve YMCA 95
tHirteen UnAfrican 101
foUrteen Empress 109
vi Contents
fifteen Camps 113
sixteen Liberia 119
seventeen Visitations 125
eigHteen Immortality 133
nineteen Jungle 143
twenty Thin 149
twenty-one Carrel 157
twenty-two Orientalism 163
twenty-tHree Digital 175
twenty-foUr Children 179
twenty-five Eden 187
twenty-six Disciplining 193
twenty-seven Zimreeyah 199
twenty-eigHt Sincere 207
twenty-nine Casein 215
tHirty Prodigal 221
tHirty-one Esau 227
tHirty-two Soul 233
tHirty-tHree Laughing 239
tHirty-foUr Occulted 245
tHirty-five Order 253
tHirty-six Genesis 265
Contents vii
tHirty-seven Insincerities 275
tHirty-eigHt Sumerians 281
tHirty-nine Munir 289
forty Brochure 293
forty-one Rabbi 299
forty-two Hebrews 305
forty-tHree Zombie 309
forty-foUr MLK 315
forty-five Seconds 321
notes 329
aCknowledgments 377
index 381

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