"Toward an Anthropology of Nation Building and Unbuilding in Israel presents twenty-two original essays offering a critical survey of the anthropology of Israel inspired by Alex Weingrod, emeritus professor and pioneering scholar of Israeli anthropology. In the late 1950s Weingr…
The Saint of Beersheba
by Project Muse, Weingrod, Alex
fromUPCC book collections on Project MUSE
The Saint of Beersheba
by Weingrod, Alex, Weingrod, Daniel
fromSUNY series in Israeli studies
Jones traces the St. Nicholas legend from its origins in 4th c. Asia Minor through the Middle Ages to its form in 19th c. New York. A reprint of the 1978 original. Investigates the yearly pilgrimage and celebration at the grave of Rabbi Chayam Chouri (1885-1957), a Tunisian Jewi…