Search Results - "cult"

One God, one cult, one nation archaeological and biblical perspectives /

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Despair and deliverance private salvation in contemporary Israel / by Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin

Subjects: “…Cults Israel.…”
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Tel Dan in its northern cultic context / by Davis, Andrew R., 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: cult places and sacred spaces -- Part I. The site of Tel Dan and its sacred precinct -- Area T, Stratum III: a ninth-century-B.C.E. cult site -- Area T, Stratum II: an eighth-century-B.C.E. cult site -- Part II. …”
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The saints' impresarios dreamers, healers, and holy men in Israel's urban periphery / by Bilu, Yoram

Table of Contents: “…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.…”
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