"I Saw You Disappear with My Own Eyes": Hidden Transcripts of New York Black Israelite Bricolage.

To date, scholars have tended to view Black Israelites as mercenary, derivative, or imitative. However, this microhistorical reading of the public, partial, and hidden transcripts of New York Rabbi Wentworth Arthur Matthew's beliefs and ritual practices demonstrates that Black Israelites did not sim...

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Published in:	Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative & Emergent Religion Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 61 - 84
Main Author:	Dorman, Jacob S.
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Pennsylvania Press Aug2007
Subjects:	Matthew, Wentworth Arthur Black Hebrews Religious identity African American religions Religion & culture
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