A Jewish Guide in the Holy Land : How Christian Pilgrims Made Me Israeli.
For many Evangelical Christians, a trip to the Holy Land is an integral part of practicing their faith. Arriving in groups, most of these pilgrims are guided by Jewish Israeli tour guides. For more than three decades, Jackie Feldman'born into an Orthodox Jewish family in New York, now an Israel...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington, IN :
Indiana University Press
2016.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1b67wh0 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. How Guiding Christians Made Me Israeli
- 2. Guided Holy Land Pilgrimage-Sharing the Road
- 3. Opening Their Eyes: Performance of a Shared Protestant-Israeli Bible Land
- 4. Christianizing the Conflict: Bethlehem and the Separation Wall
- 5. The Goods of Pilgrimage: Tips, Souvenirs, and the Moralities of Exchange
- 6. The Seductions of Guiding Christians
- 7. Conclusion: Pilgrimage, Performance, and the Suspension of Disbelief.