Entine, Jon.

Abraham's children : race, identity, and the DNA of the chosen people / Jon Entine. - 1st ed. - New York : Grand Central Pub., 2007. - xi, 420 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Dead Sea Scrolls of DNA -- Identity complex -- Blood ties -- Eve and Adam -- Finding Aaron -- The crystallization of Jewishness -- Wandering tribes -- Sephardim : the vanishing Jews of Spain -- Ashkenazim : converts or Abraham's children? -- Jews and race -- The end of "race"? -- Disease and identity -- Smart Jews: Jewish mothers or Jewish genes? -- Abraham's contested covenant.

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Jews--Identity.
Jews--Origin.
Jews--History.
Physical anthropology.
Human genetics.
Race.

DS143 / .E58 2007