Ethiopian Jewish ascetic religious communities : built environment and way of life of the Betä Isra'el / edited by Bar Kribus.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kribus, Bar, editor.

Series:

Jewish engagements.

Jewish engagements

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Ethiopia--History.

Jews.

Asceticism--Judaism.

Asceticism.

Ethiopia--Antiquities.

Ethiopia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 235 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, 2021.

Summary:

The Betä Isra'el (Ethiopian Jews) have a unique history and religious tradition, one of the most fascinating aspects of which are the mäloksocc, commonly referred to as monks in scholarly and popular literature. The mäloksocc served as the supreme religious leaders of the Betä Isra'el and were charged with educating and initiating Betä Isra'el priests. They lived in separate compounds and observed severe purity laws prohibiting physical contact with the laity. Thus, they are the only known example in medieval and modern Jewry of ascetic communities withdrawing from the secular world and devoting themselves fully to religious life.00This book presents the results of the first comprehensive research ever conducted on the way of life and material culture of the ascetic religious communities of the Betä Isra'el. A major part of this research is an archaeological survey, during which these religious centres were located and documented in detail for the first time.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PART 1 INTRODUCTION: THE ASCETIC RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES OF THE BETÄ ƎƎSRAʾEL (ETHIOPIAN JEWS)

Chapter 1 THE RISE AND DECLINE OF BETÄ ƎƎSRAʾEL MONASTICISM

Chapter 2 THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BETÄ ƎƎSRAʾEL MONASTIC CENTRES

PART 2 THE ROLES AND PRACTICES OF BETÄ ƎƎSRAʾEL MONKS

Chapter 3 ROLES OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN ETHIOPIAN SOCIETY

Chapter 4 LEADERSHIP ROLES OF THE MONKS

Chapter 5 RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND INITIATION

Chapter 6 PURITY LAWS AND ASCETIC PRACTICES

Chapter 7 ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF MONASTIC LIFE

Chapter 8 BETÄ ƎƎSRAʾEL FEMALE ASCETICS

PART 3 BETÄ ƎƎSRAʾEL MONASTIC CENTRES: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Chapter 9 MONASTIC COMPOUNDS AND MONASTIC LIFE IN SOLOMONIC ETHIOPIA

Chapter 10 THE LAYOUT AND COMPONENTS OF BETÄ ƎƎSRAʾEL MONASTIC CENTRES

Chapter 11 TYPOLOGY OF MONASTIC SITES

Chapter 12 MONASTIC PRAYER HOUSES

PART 4 HOḪWÄRWA: THE FIRST BETÄ ƎƎSRAʾEL MONASTIC CENTRE

PART 5 THE MONASTIC CENTRES OF THE SƏMEN MOUNTAINS AND WÄGÄRA

Chapter 13 SƏMEN MƏNAṬA

Chapter 14 QOLQWALOČČ (ŠOWADA)

Chapter 15 ABBA RID

Chapter 16 ABBA GAN (GÄNTABA)

Chapter 17 BÄNKÄR AND QÄRN AMBA

Chapter 18 ČÄRBITA

Chapter 19 DORO WƏḪA

Part 6 THE MONASTIC CENTRES OF DÄMBƏYA AND SÄQQÄLT

Chapter 20 TRACING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MONASTIC COMMUNITIES IN DÄMBƏYA AND SÄQQÄLT

Chapter 21 GWANG RAS

Chapter 22 GƎǦEN

Chapter 23 MƎDRARO

Chapter 24 Č̣AQO ABBA DÄBTÄRA

Chapter 25 ZÄRʾA WÄRQE AND THE OTHER DWELLING PLACES OF ABBA MÄHARI

Chapter 26 AMBA GWALIT

Chapter 27 GURABA

Chapter 28 MÄNGE, TÄBIBÄR, TÄYBÄR, AND AČARGE

PART 7 UNDERSTANDING THE ESSENCE OF BETÄ ƎƎSRAʾEL MONASTICISM THROUGH A COMPARISON WITH ETHIOPIAN ORTHODOX MONASTICISM

CONCLUSIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Kribus, Bar Ethiopian Jewish Ascetic Religious Communities

ISBN:

9781802700060

1802700064

OCLC:

1308391668