Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 400 pages
- Published by: Vintage; Vintage edition April 4, 2000
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0375724540
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0375724541
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Book Dimensions:
8.1 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 14.7 ounces
Product Review
"Parfittis a British Indiana Jones seeking the lost tribes of Israel." -
The Wall Street Journal"Lucidly written and exhibiting all the craftsmanship of a first-rate detective novel." -
Daily Telegraph (London)
"MagicalenchantingResembles a novel by Graham Greene not only in its exotic settings and characters, but in its insight and wisdom, too." --
Los Angeles Times
Product Review
"Parfittis a British Indiana Jones seeking the lost tribes of Israel." -
The Wall Street Journal"Lucidly written and exhibiting all the craftsmanship of a first-rate detective novel." -
Daily Telegraph (London)
"MagicalenchantingResembles a novel by Graham Greene not only in its exotic settings and characters, but in its insight and wisdom, too." --
Los Angeles Times
Reader Reviews
In 1967 while still a high school student my Sunday School class was shown a documentary about the Falashas of Ethiopia. While I can barely remember details of documentaries that I saw last week, I still vividly recall details from that documentary I saw in 1967. When I saw this book, saw that Parfitt had also written about the Falashas, and this was yet another group of people who believed they held onto an ancient Jewish tradition. To my surprise this book was even better than I expected; I couldn't put it down. Parfitt weaves the oral tradition of the Lemba people, historical scholarship parsed mostly from travel diaries, anthropological observation together into a travel monologue that both reveals a great deal about modern Africa while also tracing the Journey of the Lemba people. Eventually the journey he takes to find out about the Lemba becomes more interesting the the answers he may have found.
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