The Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the Holy Land

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12915643
AutoresSteven E Kaplan (0000-0003-0174-5429, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, autor de correspondencia)
Año2017
Volumen11
Número2
Páginas144-160
Fecha de publicación2017-11-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAfrican and Black Diaspora An International Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1752-8631 • E-ISSN: 1752-864X
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17528631.2017.1394619
OpenAlexW2768037141
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas26

The Ethiopian Orthodox Tawahedo Church community has had a presence in the Holy Land for at least several hundred years. Throughout most of this period it was composed of a small ecclesiastical corps of monastic clergy who sought to protect the national church’s rights at various holy places in the region of Christianity’s birth. Only in the twentieth century, were these clergy joined by lay people. In this paper, I discuss the way the type of food served at church celebrations and the rhythm of fasts and feasts emphasize the shared national origins of the small diaspora. At the same time, where people sit when eating, and in what order they are served, expresses distinctions within the ranks of the clergy, between clergy and lay people, between men and women, and between Ethiopians and their former compatriots from Eritrea

Ancient history · Archaeology · Christianity · Geography · African history and culture analysis · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Religion, Society, and Development