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Pilgrimage and the Jews/ David M. Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson.

By: Gitlitz, David MContributor(s): Davidson, Linda KayMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Westport, Conn : Praeger Publishers, 2006Description: xvi, 312 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cmISBN: 0275987639 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Jewish pilgrims and pilgrimages -- History | Jewish shrines | Jerusalem -- In JudaismDDC classification: 296.481

Contents:

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	296.481 GIT/P (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P22383

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-302) and index.

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.

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