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开 本: 32开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780375724541
Parfitt…is 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)
”Magical…enchanting…Resembles a novel by Graham Greene not
only in its exotic settings and characters, but in its insight and
wisdom, too.” –Los Angeles Times — Review
In a mixture of travel, adventure, and scholarship, historian
Tudor Parfitt sets out in search of answers to a fascinating
ethnological puzzle: is the Lemba tribe of Southern Africa really
one of the lost tribes of Israel, descended from King Solomon and
the Queen of Sheba?
Beginning in the Lemba villages in South Africa, where he
witnesses customs such as food taboos and circumcision rites that
seem part of Jewish tradition, Parfitt retraces the supposed path
of the Lembas’ through Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Tanzania, taking in
sights like Zanzibar and the remains of the stone city Great
Zimbabwe. The story of his eccentric travels, a blend of the
ancient allure of King Solomon’s mines and Prester John with
contemporary Africa in all its beauty and brutality, makes for an
irresistible glimpse at a various and rapidly changing
continent.
And in a new epilogue, Parfitt discusses recent DNA evidence
that, amazingly, lends credence to the Lemba’s tribal myth.
Maps
Acknowledgments
Prologue
PART 1 The Black Jews of South Africa
PART 2 The Mountain of the Good Men
PART 3 Great Zimbabwe
PART 4 In Search of Sena
PART 5 The Third Stone
Afterword
Notes
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