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Falasha|fəˈlɑːʃə|
[Amharic falasha exile, immigrant.]
One of a group of people in Ethiopia holding the Jewish faith. Also as collect. sing.
1710tr. Tellez's Trav. Jesuits in Ethiopia i. viii. 38 Betwixt the Emperor's Dominions and the Cafres..there are still many of these Jews, whom they there call Falaxas, which signifies, Strangers. 1790J. Bruce Trav. I. 404 The Falasha..are a people of Abyssinia, having a particular language of their own;..they are now, and ever were, Jews. 1869S. P. Goodhart tr. J. M. Flad (title) The Falashas (Jews) of Abyssinia. 1908Daily Chron. 6 Mar. 3/5 Proposed School for the ‘Falashas’ of Abyssinia. 1908J. Hastings Encycl. Relig. I. 165/2 The Falashas..are frequently called the Jews of Abyssinia. But they are certainly not Jews by descent... Possibly their Jewish faith is the survival of some earlier diffusion of Judaism through Abyssinia before the introduction of Christianity, as there is no record of their conversion. 1964Guardian 26 Mar. 16/4 The Falasha, the so-called Black Jews of Ethiopia. 1970Roth & Wigoder New Standard Jewish Encycl. 663 Falashas, Abyssinian tribes observing a form of Judaism, living N. of Lake Tana. |