Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Saint of Beersheba

The Saint of Beersheba

Weingrod, Alex

Paperback

Series: Suny Israeli Studies

JudaismAnthropologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0791401391
ISBN13: 9780791401392
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Mar 1 1990
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.92 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

Weingrod presents an anthropological study of the development of a new Jewish saint, or zaddikin Israel and of the annual pilgrimage to his enshrined grave by thousands of North African Jews. It is the fascinating story of how Rabbi Chayim Chouri, an aged Tunisian rabbi, became famed as the Saint of Beersheba, after his death in the 1950s. The author focuses upon the meaning of this event in the lives of the participants, and interprets the relevance of mystical-religious traditions to present-day Israeli society, politics, and culture. It includes a photographic essay that brilliantly evokes the joyful events that occur during the ritual and festivity of the pilgrimage.

Also in

Anthropology

View All