Black Hebrew Israelite groups

E330342

African American religious movement Black nationalist movement new religious movement religious movement

Black Hebrew Israelite groups are religious movements, largely among African Americans, that assert a lineage from the ancient Israelites and blend elements of Judaism, Christianity, and Black nationalist thought.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem	1
Black Hebrew Israelism	1
Black Hebrew Israelite groups canonical	1
Hebrew Israelites	1
community of African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African American religious movement ⓘ Black nationalist movement ⓘ new religious movement ⓘ religious movement ⓘ
controversy	other factions reject racism and emphasize spiritual identity over race ⓘ some factions have been described as extremist or antisemitic by watchdog organizations ⓘ
coreBelief	African diaspora populations are linked to the biblical Israelites ⓘ many Black people are descendants of the ancient Israelites ⓘ Tribes of Israel ⓘ surface form: the Twelve Tribes of Israel correspond to modern Black and some other non‑white populations
distinguishedFrom	Ethiopian Jews ⓘ surface form: Beta Israel Ethiopian Jews ⓘ mainstream Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
emergedAmong	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans
geographicDistribution	Caribbean ⓘ Israel ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States West Africa in smaller numbers ⓘ
hasDiversity	some groups are highly separatist and nationalist ⓘ some groups are monotheistic with Christian elements ⓘ some groups are more Judaic in practice ⓘ some groups are more integrationist and less militant ⓘ theology varies widely among different camps ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfEmergence	late 19th century ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfGrowth	early 20th century ⓘ late 20th century ⓘ mid 20th century ⓘ
includesGroup	Black Hebrew Israelite groups self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem Church of God and Saints of Christ (historical Black Israelite‑identified group) ⓘ Commandment Keepers (historical group) ⓘ House of Israel camps ⓘ Israel United in Christ ⓘ Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ ⓘ One West–influenced camps ⓘ Sicarii 1715 ⓘ
originatedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
practice	Sabbath observance in some groups ⓘ dietary restrictions in some groups ⓘ observance of biblical commandments to varying degrees ⓘ street preaching by some groups ⓘ use of Hebrew names and terminology in some groups ⓘ
religiousInfluence	American Protestantism ⓘ Black nationalist thought ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Judaism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Black Hebrew Israelite groups self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Black Hebrew Israelism
selfIdentification	Black Hebrew Israelite groups self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Israelites Hebrew Jews in some communities ⓘ Israelites ⓘ
subjectOf	academic studies in religious studies and African American studies ⓘ
textUsed	Apocryphal writings in some groups ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible King James Version ⓘ surface form: King James Version of the Bible

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Input

Subject: Black Hebrew Israelite groups
Description of subject: Black Hebrew Israelite groups are religious movements, largely among African Americans, that assert a lineage from the ancient Israelites and blend elements of Judaism, Christianity, and Black nationalist thought.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

African-American culture → hasReligiousExpression → Black Hebrew Israelite groups ⓘ

Dimona → demographicsFeature → Black Hebrew Israelite groups ⓘ

this entity surface form: community of African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem

Black Hebrew Israelite groups → religiousTradition → Black Hebrew Israelite groups self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Black Hebrew Israelism

Black Hebrew Israelite groups → includesGroup → Black Hebrew Israelite groups self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem

Black Hebrew Israelite groups → selfIdentification → Black Hebrew Israelite groups self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hebrew Israelites