03506cam a2200601La 4500 ocn769188623 OCoLC 20200709055600.0 m u cr cn| 091214s2010 mau ob 001 0 eng d 2009050231 E7B E7B DKDLA N$T 774237191 1618110217 (electronic bk.) 9781618110213 (electronic bk.) 1934843717 HEBIS 286894068 DKDLA 45124706 DKDLA 45110138 NZ1 14167374 (OCoLC)769188623 (OCoLC)774237191 479196 (N$T) eng heb a-is--- f-mr--- BM750 .B52313 2010eb REL 040000 bisacsh 296.6/1 22 N$TA Bilu, Yoram. Shoshvine ha-ḳedoshim. English The saints' impresarios [electronic resource] : dreamers, healers, and holy men in Israel's urban periphery / Yoram Bilu ; translated by Haim Watzman. Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2010. 1 online resource (iv, 354 p.) Israel, society, culture, and history Includes bibliographical references and index. 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-Ayyim and Rabbi David u-Moshe -- A dream journey to the saint -- A saint in the next room : Rabbi David u-Moshe and the Ben-Ayyim family -- The abode of Rabbi David u-Moshe at the dawn of the 21st century -- Ya'ish O'ana, 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 Shean -- Years later -- The folk veneration of saints in Morocco and Israel -- Esther Suissa and Rabbi Shimon bar-Yorai -- 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. Zaddikim Israel. Zaddikim Morocco. Jews, Moroccan Israel Social life and customs. Shrines Israel. RELIGION / Judaism / General bisacsh Electronic books. Watzman, Haim. Print version: Bilu, Yoram. Shoshvine ha-kedoshim. Saints' impresarios. Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2010 (DLC) 2009050231 Israel (Boston, Mass.) http://site.ebrary.com/id/10509035 ebrary EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=479196 ebrary EBRY ebr10509035 EBSCOhost EBSC 479196 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51579 51579