STEM Ed+ Commons | Michael Miller | Activity https://stemedplus.hcommons.org/members/millerm/activity/ Activity feed for Michael Miller. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:16:33 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 7ba9c6f70ffc1ac69e0257fdf730de9c Michael Miller deposited Black Hebrew Israelites in the group Theology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1879673/ Sat, 16 Mar 2024 03:00:21 +0000 The Black Hebrew Israelite movement claims that African Americans are descendants of the Ancient Israelites and has slowly become a significant force in African American religion. This Element provides a general overview of the BHI movement, its diverse history/ies, ideologies, and practices. The Element shows how different factions and trends…[Read more]

]]> 0 d436c311aa084704e4e09e79d6209765 Michael Miller deposited Black Hebrew Israelites in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1879672/ Sat, 16 Mar 2024 03:00:08 +0000 The Black Hebrew Israelite movement claims that African Americans are descendants of the Ancient Israelites and has slowly become a significant force in African American religion. This Element provides a general overview of the BHI movement, its diverse history/ies, ideologies, and practices. The Element shows how different factions and trends…[Read more]

]]> 0 43a0955ed59ef1db478598e8186422f7 Michael Miller deposited Black Hebrew Israelites https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1879605/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:35:46 +0000 The Black Hebrew Israelite movement claims that African Americans are descendants of the Ancient Israelites and has slowly become a significant force in African American religion. This Element provides a general overview of the BHI movement, its diverse history/ies, ideologies, and practices. The Element shows how different factions and trends…[Read more]

]]> 0 1e08b688b84ee7d685ee780caefa2ee8 Michael Miller deposited Bishop Allan Wilson Cook (Rabbi Haling Hank Lenht), Queen Malinda Morris, and the Independent Church of God: A Missing Piece in the History of Hebrew Israelite Black Judaism in the group Theology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870765/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 03:00:23 +0000 This article examines two figures from the early twentieth century
beginnings of the Hebrew Israelite movement. Malinda Morris
was a central, though forgotten, figure in William Crowdy’s
Church of God and Saints of Christ but her creation of an
independent Church upon Crowdy’s death has not so far been
discussed. The strongest body of evi…[Read more]

]]> 0 b2aa9f2ca839021e15ff11d712a9bdf5 Michael Miller deposited Bishop Allan Wilson Cook (Rabbi Haling Hank Lenht), Queen Malinda Morris, and the Independent Church of God: A Missing Piece in the History of Hebrew Israelite Black Judaism in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870764/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 03:00:15 +0000 This article examines two figures from the early twentieth century
beginnings of the Hebrew Israelite movement. Malinda Morris
was a central, though forgotten, figure in William Crowdy’s
Church of God and Saints of Christ but her creation of an
independent Church upon Crowdy’s death has not so far been
discussed. The strongest body of evi…[Read more]

]]> 0 be2e5ea5c5013333d560e00d1acc6e72 Michael Miller deposited Layers of Liminality and Marginality in the African Hebrew Israelite Community in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870763/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 03:00:04 +0000 Using the theoretical frames of liminality and marginality I discuss the African Hebrew Israelites' journey from American underclass, to stateless wanderers, to Israeli citizens.

]]> 0 ce3c4a564d4d7df93635f5d6cdecb38b Michael Miller deposited Bishop Allan Wilson Cook (Rabbi Haling Hank Lenht), Queen Malinda Morris, and the Independent Church of God: A Missing Piece in the History of Hebrew Israelite Black Judaism https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870741/ Thu, 11 Jan 2024 20:43:05 +0000 This article examines two figures from the early twentieth century
beginnings of the Hebrew Israelite movement. Malinda Morris
was a central, though forgotten, figure in William Crowdy’s
Church of God and Saints of Christ but her creation of an
independent Church upon Crowdy’s death has not so far been
discussed. The strongest body of evi…[Read more]

]]> 0 b373235fb3a1a3542dff3a03d2cadb25 Michael Miller deposited Layers of Liminality and Marginality in the African Hebrew Israelite Community https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870740/ Thu, 11 Jan 2024 20:39:06 +0000 Using the theoretical frames of liminality and marginality I discuss the African Hebrew Israelites' journey from American underclass, to stateless wanderers, to Israeli citizens.

]]> 0 e770e954a917088cc0e0a0a53b690b20 Michael Miller's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1870739/ Thu, 11 Jan 2024 20:30:14 +0000 0 34f6a0609636809a390b0a9a08f82999 Michael Miller's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1833633/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 10:24:03 +0000 0 a3a15e17ac54f3052e1366b98b61993c Michael Miller deposited Journeys to the Otherworld: Jewish Traditions in the group Theology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1779599/ Sat, 23 Apr 2022 02:24:31 +0000 Entry on Hekhalot literature

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]]> 0 ec6d76ff25a4eed330262e2403e28e23 Michael Miller deposited The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem: A Borderline Case in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1779595/ Sat, 23 Apr 2022 02:24:05 +0000 The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem are an expatriate black American community who have since 1969 lived in Israel. They claim to be the authentic descendants of the biblical Israelites and live by Mosaic law. They constitute an important New Religious Movement with 3,000– 5,000 members in Israel and large satellite c…[Read more]

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]]> 0 75db8368f4d5f34789c647025d3cd745 Michael Miller's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1779525/ Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:39:18 +0000 0 81ff6029f26ac10e6a413b8a16e7ddce Michael Miller deposited Journeys to the Otherworld: Jewish Traditions https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1779523/ Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:35:11 +0000 Entry on Hekhalot literature

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]]> 0 e891a52882110baafb7ab65b198bc807 Michael Miller's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1779509/ Fri, 22 Apr 2022 07:30:20 +0000 0 d0ba1daf0961b736dec6cc4ae1760aff Michael Miller deposited Ben Ammi’s Adaptation of Veganism in the Theology of the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem in the group Theology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1779494/ Fri, 22 Apr 2022 02:24:38 +0000 This article will look at the ideology of veganism in the AHIJ. Since the early 1970s their diet has been a core part of their ideology and of their message to the world. Acknowledging that a black/Jewish meat-free diet is far from the exclusive property of the group, let alone a new development on their part, I will argue that it is an expression…[Read more]

]]> 0 39f6291db684ce420ef747c0a5259fdf Michael Miller deposited Ben Ammi’s Adaptation of Veganism in the Theology of the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1779493/ Fri, 22 Apr 2022 02:24:31 +0000 This article will look at the ideology of veganism in the AHIJ. Since the early 1970s their diet has been a core part of their ideology and of their message to the world. Acknowledging that a black/Jewish meat-free diet is far from the exclusive property of the group, let alone a new development on their part, I will argue that it is an expression…[Read more]

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]]> 0 d29f29e9cb844d11697fd3de4609d46b Michael Miller's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1779465/ Thu, 21 Apr 2022 20:54:26 +0000 0 8bb379a9d78f5c30ba65526deac07bcb Michael Miller deposited Ben Ammi’s Adaptation of Veganism in the Theology of the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1779463/ Thu, 21 Apr 2022 20:46:09 +0000 This article will look at the ideology of veganism in the AHIJ. Since the early 1970s their diet has been a core part of their ideology and of their message to the world. Acknowledging that a black/Jewish meat-free diet is far from the exclusive property of the group, let alone a new development on their part, I will argue that it is an expression…[Read more]

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]]> 0 cb7a16b39fd8d6ae26188986d3aa8a12 Michael Miller deposited The Name of God and the Name of the Messiah: Jewish and Christian Parallels in Late Antiquity in the group Theology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1714540/ Sun, 25 Oct 2020 02:23:52 +0000 This study argues that there is a tradition, arising from a ‘Jewish milieu’, based around the exegesis of select biblical passages, indicating that the messiah bears the Divine Name. This tradition appears to predate the Christian movement, and is referenced also in rabbinic literature. In the first section we highlight a tradition regarding the…[Read more]

]]> 0 b8306e4cd5e27a819ba4b2b94b0813ea Michael Miller deposited The Name of God and the Name of the Messiah: Jewish and Christian Parallels in Late Antiquity in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1714539/ Sun, 25 Oct 2020 02:23:44 +0000 This study argues that there is a tradition, arising from a ‘Jewish milieu’, based around the exegesis of select biblical passages, indicating that the messiah bears the Divine Name. This tradition appears to predate the Christian movement, and is referenced also in rabbinic literature. In the first section we highlight a tradition regarding the…[Read more]

]]> 0 ddcbc94a876897fe35bf1d92ed8cea58 Michael Miller deposited The Name of God and the Name of the Messiah: Jewish and Christian Parallels in Late Antiquity in the group Biblical Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1714538/ Sun, 25 Oct 2020 02:23:40 +0000 This study argues that there is a tradition, arising from a ‘Jewish milieu’, based around the exegesis of select biblical passages, indicating that the messiah bears the Divine Name. This tradition appears to predate the Christian movement, and is referenced also in rabbinic literature. In the first section we highlight a tradition regarding the…[Read more]

]]> 0 8632874107578b8cc11c57c25534745c Michael Miller deposited The Name of God and the Name of the Messiah: Jewish and Christian Parallels in Late Antiquity in the group Ancient Jew Review https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1714537/ Sun, 25 Oct 2020 02:23:38 +0000 This study argues that there is a tradition, arising from a ‘Jewish milieu’, based around the exegesis of select biblical passages, indicating that the messiah bears the Divine Name. This tradition appears to predate the Christian movement, and is referenced also in rabbinic literature. In the first section we highlight a tradition regarding the…[Read more]

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]]> 0 a88b1b3e97bb240e22c28d6b589f37fd Michael Miller deposited The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem and Ben Ammi’s Theology of Marginalisation and Reorientation in the group Theology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1680162/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 16:26:15 +0000 This paper will look at the way the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem have utilised the theological narrative of marginalisation in their quest for identity and self-determination. The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem are an expatriate black American group who have lived in Israel since 1969, when their spiritual leader, Detroit-born…[Read more]

]]> 0 20410aa20ff94bc3530ecfe380d0b4ea Michael Miller deposited The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem and Ben Ammi’s Theology of Marginalisation and Reorientation in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1680161/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 16:26:09 +0000 This paper will look at the way the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem have utilised the theological narrative of marginalisation in their quest for identity and self-determination. The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem are an expatriate black American group who have lived in Israel since 1969, when their spiritual leader, Detroit-born…[Read more]

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]]> 0 a508e87185b2da208a60dbf390ff4f1e Michael Miller deposited Black Judaism(s) and the Hebrew Israelites in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1677165/ Sat, 01 Feb 2020 16:29:26 +0000 This article looks at the field of Black Judaism, with a viewto understanding how scholars articulate the distinctionbetween Black Judaism and the Hebrew Israelite move-ment. The Hebrew Israelites are an autonomous AfricanAmerican movement who identify themselves as descen-dants of the Israelites and some of whom self-identify asJews, probably…[Read more]

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]]> 0 6f818727145d7ec2b7894c5fcac2bb7e Michael Miller's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1677109/ Sat, 01 Feb 2020 07:33:46 +0000 0 3cbf5c6c72565edb7b8b83d18133c73e Michael Miller deposited Folk-Etymology, and its Influence on Metatron Traditions in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1604918/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 04:12:35 +0000 This paper takes a new approach to the contentious area of the etymology of Metatron, applying the lessons learnt from biblical folk-etymologies which have been shown to actively influence the writing of narratives. In the first section one such possible folk-etymology is proposed, based around the sequence TTR as a Divine Name in Metatron, along…[Read more]

]]> 0 31d4ce73bd3a8e8845fad15f8d5f8f44 Michael Miller deposited Folk-Etymology, and its Influence on Metatron Traditions in the group Ancient Jew Review https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1604917/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 04:12:34 +0000 This paper takes a new approach to the contentious area of the etymology of Metatron, applying the lessons learnt from biblical folk-etymologies which have been shown to actively influence the writing of narratives. In the first section one such possible folk-etymology is proposed, based around the sequence TTR as a Divine Name in Metatron, along…[Read more]

]]> 0 fb4e109f1b853e2a4c130b6bd7206744 Michael Miller deposited Abraham Abulafia's Mystical Theology of the Divine Name and its Philosophical Revision in Walter Benjamin in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1604916/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 04:12:32 +0000 The thirteenth century kabbalist Abraham Abulafia held Hebrew to be the divine language, designed by God as an ontological aspect of reality. Through meditating on and deconstructing names into their letters, one could then engage in the process of reunifying reality into the primordial Name of God, the Tetragrammaton. This paper offers an…[Read more]

]]> 0 adacf0ad155141e3d2bb62402d6234d3 Michael Miller deposited Abraham Abulafia's Mystical Theology of the Divine Name and its Philosophical Revision in Walter Benjamin in the group Philosophy https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1604915/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 04:12:31 +0000 The thirteenth century kabbalist Abraham Abulafia held Hebrew to be the divine language, designed by God as an ontological aspect of reality. Through meditating on and deconstructing names into their letters, one could then engage in the process of reunifying reality into the primordial Name of God, the Tetragrammaton. This paper offers an…[Read more]

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