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Goldstein, David B.
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Jews -- History.
Jews -- Origin.
Human genetics.
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Jacob's legacy : a g...
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Jacob's legacy : a genetic view of Jewish history / David B. Goldstein.
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Goldstein, David B.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
Subjects
Jews -- History.
Jews -- Origin.
Human genetics.
ISBN:
9780300125832 (cloth : alk. paper)
0300125836 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300151282 (pbk.)
0300151284 (pbk.)
Description:
xvii, 148 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Keeping God's house : Y chromosomes and Old Testament priests -- Lost tribe no more? The Black Jews of South Africa -- Looking out for number two : the case of the Ashkenazi Levites -- Those Jewish mothers : the development of female-defined ethnicity in the Jewish diaspora -- Look on mine affliction : genetic diseases and Jewish history -- Jews, genes, and the future.
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Who are the Jews? Where did they come from? What is the connection between an ancient Jewish priest in Jerusalem and today's Israeli sunbather on the beaches of Tel Aviv? These questions stand at the heart of this book. Geneticist David Goldstein analyzes modern DNA studies of Jewish populations and examines the intersections of these scientific findings with the history (both biblical and modern) and oral tradition of the Jews. In a series of detective-style stories, Goldstein explores the priestly lineage of Jewish males as manifested by Y chromosomes; the Jewish lineage claims of the Lemba, an obscure black South African tribe; the differences in maternal and paternal genetic heritage among Jewish populations; and much more. The author also grapples with the medical and ethical implications of our rapidly growing command of the human genomic landscape. The study of genetics has not only changed the study of Jewish history, Goldstein shows, it has altered notions of Jewish identity and even our understanding of what makes a people a people. --From publisher's description.
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