The dreamers, healers, and holy men in Israel's urban periphery Bilu, Yoram. creator Watzman, Haim. text bibliography Electronic books. mau Boston Academic Studies Press 2010 monographic eng heb

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1 online resource (iv, 354 p.) 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. Yoram Bilu ; translated by Haim Watzman. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-is--- f-mr--- Zaddikim Israel Zaddikim Morocco Jews, Moroccan Israel Social life and customs Shrines Israel RELIGION / Judaism / General BM750 .B52313 2010eb 296.6/1 Bilu, Yoram. Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2010 (DLC) 2009050231 1618110217 (electronic bk.) 9781618110213 (electronic bk.) http://site.ebrary.com/id/10509035 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=479196 http://site.ebrary.com/id/10509035 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=479196 E7B 091214 20200709055600.0 ocn769188623