ISBN:
9781934843710
,
1934843717
Language:
English
Pages:
iv, 354 p.
,
25 cm
Year of publication:
2010
Series Statement:
Israel: society, culture, and history
Uniform Title:
Shoshvine ha-ḳedoshim
DDC:
296.6/1
Keywords:
Zaddikim
;
Zaddikim
;
Jews, Moroccan Social life and customs
;
Shrines
;
Israel
;
Marokkanischer Einwanderer
;
Juden
;
Zaddik
;
Israel
;
Marokko
;
Juden
;
Heiligenverehrung
Description / Table of Contents:
The folk-veneration of saints in Morocco and Israel -- Dream portal -- Roots in the west : the cult of saints in Morocco -- From west to east : Moroccan jewry in Israel -- Native saints and immigrant saints : the "sacred geography" of Moroccan Jews in Israel -- Avraham Ben-Ḥayyim and Rabbi David u-Moshe -- A dream journey to the saint -- A saint in the next room : Rabbi David u-Moshe and the Ben-Ḥayyim family -- The abode of Rabbi David u-Moshe at the dawn of the 21st century -- Ya'ish Oḥana, Elijah the prophet and the gate of paradise -- The road to paradise -- Dreamers in paradise -- Paradise lost -- Alu Ezra and Rabbi Avraham Aouriwar -- Early and late revelations -- Life-story as folktale : the cinderella of Beit She'an -- Twenty years later -- Esther Suissa and Rabbi Shimon Bar-Yoḥai -- From patient to healer -- Written in the egg yolk : the healing art of female saints' impresarios -- Esther and Rabbi Shimon : a return visit -- The cult of saints from a comparative perspective : symbol, narrative, gender, and identity -- Crosscutting stories : the saints' impresarios from a comparative perspective -- Personal symbols and mythic narratives -- Gender and sanctity : the female way to the Tsaddiq -- Migrating traditions : the historic timing and the "shelf life" of the new shrines -- The cult of saints as an Israeli and local phenomenon.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-344) and index
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