The Saints' Impresarios Dreamers, Healers, and Holy Men in Israel's Urban Periphery |
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| Author:
| Bilu, Yoram |
| Series title: | Israel: Society, Culture, and History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-934843-71-0 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2009 |
| Publisher: | Academic Studies Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $129.00 |
Book Description:
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The astonishing revival of saint worship in contemporary Israel was ignited by Moroccan Jews, who had immigrated to the new country in the 1950s and 1960s. This charts the vicissitudes of four new domestic shrines, each established by Moroccan-born men and women in a peripheral development town, following an exciting revelation involving a saintly figure. The original Hebrew edition garnered the coveted Bahat Prize (Haifa University Press) for best academic book in 2006.
The astonishing revival of saint worship in contemporary Israel was ignited by Moroccan Jews, who had immigrated to the new country in the 1950s and 1960s. This charts the vicissitudes of four new domestic shrines, each established by Moroccan-born men and women in a peripheral development town, following an exciting revelation involving a saintly figure. The original Hebrew edition garnered the coveted Bahat Prize (Haifa University Press) for best academic book in 2006.