Brief overview of the legends and history surrounding the development of the Jewish community in Ethiopia, up to the fateful year 1862.

Recommended reading:

Steven Kaplan, The Beta Israel (Falasha) in Ethiopia: From Earliest Tiems to the Twentieth Century (New York University, 1992). https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Beta_Israel/nIfvG-3mcK0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover

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