Jacob's legacy : a genetic view of Jewish history / David B. Goldstein.

Author/creator Goldstein, David B.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxvii, 148 pages : map ; 22 cm
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Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 129-139) and index.
LCCN 2007043583
ISBN9780300125832 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0300125836 (cloth : alk. paper)