Part One - A Historical and General Introduction |
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| Chapter One: Historial Introduction - A history of Beta Israel (the Falashas), by S. Kaplan | 5 | |
| 1. | Preface | |
| 2. | Theories about the Origins of the Community | |
| 3. | Between Legend and Reality (9th-12th centuries) | |
| 4. | War and Adaptation (1270-1632) | |
| 5. | The Gondarine Period (1632-1769) | |
| 6. | The Era of the Princes (1769-1855) | |
| 7. | Missionary Activities among Ethiopian Jews (1855- 1904) | |
| 8. | Spiritual Aid Activities, Led by faitelovitch (1904-1935) | |
| 9. | The Period of Italian Occupation (1935-1941) | |
| 10. | Under the shadow of Zionism and the State of Israel ( 1941-1973) | |
| 11. | The Revolution in Ethiopia and Immigration to Israel (1974- ) | |
| Chapter Two: General Introduction | 24 | |
| Chapter Three: Main Components of the Definition of Jewish Identity | 28 | |
| 1. | The Definition of Jewish Identity in Accordance with Rabbinic Halakhah | |
| 2. | The Legal Definition of Jewish Identity in the State of Israel | |
| Chapter Four: The legend of the "Ten Tribes" and implications regarding the attitude towards the Ethiopian Jewish Community | 35 | |
| 1. | Introduction | |
| 2. | The exile of the Ten Tribes in the bible | |
| 3. | The legend of the "Ten Tribes" | |
| 4. | The Halakhic status of the "Ten Tribes according to the Talmud | |
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