The Saint of Beersheba /
Jones traces the St. Nicholas legend from its origins in 4th c. Asia Minor through the Middle Ages to its form in 19th c. New York. A reprint of the 1978 original. Investigates the yearly pilgrimage and celebration at the grave of Rabbi Chayam Chouri (1885-1957), a Tunisian Jewish leader who emigrat...
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| التنسيق: | Licensed eBooks |
| اللغة: | الإنجليزية |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©1990.
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| سلاسل: | SUNY series in Israeli studies.
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| الوصول للمادة أونلاين: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=7859 |
| الملخص: | Jones traces the St. Nicholas legend from its origins in 4th c. Asia Minor through the Middle Ages to its form in 19th c. New York. A reprint of the 1978 original. Investigates the yearly pilgrimage and celebration at the grave of Rabbi Chayam Chouri (1885-1957), a Tunisian Jewish leader who emigrated to Israel in 1955. Weingrod (anthropology, Ben Gurion University, Beersheba, Israel) pursues historical and anthropological questions of sainthood and devotion in modern Israel. Includes photographs. Paper edition (unseen), $10.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR. |
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| وصف مادي: | 1 online resource (viii, 148 pages) : illustrations |
| بيبلوغرافيا: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-122) and index. |
| ردمك: | 0585075956 9780585075952 9780791401385 0791401383 9781438423593 1438423594 0791401391 9780791401392 |