Pilgrimage and the Jews

1. Jewish pilgrims? -- 2. Beginnings : converging on Jerusalem -- 3. Jerusalem, the state cult, and the three harvest pilgrimages -- 4. Pilgrimage in the early diasporas -- 5. Life on the pilgrimage road -- 6. Oh, Zion : Jerusalem in the center -- 7. Jewish saints be praised! -- 8. The cult of the R...

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Authors: Gitlitz, David M. 1942-2020 (Author) ; Davidson, Linda Kay (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Westport, Conn. [u.a.] Praeger 2006
In:Year: 2006
Edition:1. Aufl.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 犹太教 / 朝圣
Further subjects:B Jewish pilgrims and pilgrimages History
B Jerusalem in Judaism
B Jewish shrines
B 耶路撒冷 In Judaism
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Summary:1. Jewish pilgrims? -- 2. Beginnings : converging on Jerusalem -- 3. Jerusalem, the state cult, and the three harvest pilgrimages -- 4. Pilgrimage in the early diasporas -- 5. Life on the pilgrimage road -- 6. Oh, Zion : Jerusalem in the center -- 7. Jewish saints be praised! -- 8. The cult of the Rebbe : Hasidic pilgrimage -- 9. Praying at the tzadiq's tomb : Sephardic pilgrimage -- 10. The shrines of the Holocaust -- 11. The shrines of nationhood -- 12. Israel as a shrine for the diaspora -- 13. Roots pilgrimage -- 14. Shrine wars.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-302) and index. - Formerly CIP
ISBN:0275987639