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Constructing Black Jews: Genetic Tests and the Lemba – the ‘Black Jews’ of South Africa
Author(s) -
Parfitt Tudor
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
developing world bioethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1471-8847
pISSN - 1471-8731
DOI - 10.1046/j.1471-8731.2003.00066.x
Subject(s) - mainstream , judaism , genetic genealogy , genealogy , history , genetic testing , gender studies , ethnology , sociology , religious studies , demography , political science , genetics , archaeology , biology , law , population , philosophy
This commentary examines the use of Y‐chromosome testing to reconstruct a genetic ancestry for the Lemba, a group in southern Africa that has long considered itself Jewish. The commentary looks especially at the reasons why this project drew such attention from the mainstream media.