Saint Veneration Among the Jews in Morocco
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr
- Publish date: 03/01/1998
Based on ten years of fieldwork, Saint Veneration among the Jews in Morocco provides the basic historical and ethnographic information about saint veneration in this new English language edition. He illuminates the intricate network that connects the saints and their faithful followers, while revealing the ideological foundation that sustains the interrelationship and ensures ritual continuity.
Using material selected from more than 1,200 testimonies collected during the course of his research, Issachar Ben-Ami describes historical and legendary types of saints, the customs and beliefs that surround them or their sanctuaries, and the practices and ceremonies that take place during or outside the hillulah, the festival that celebrates the anniversary of the death of a saint. In addition, Saint Veneration among the Jews in Morocco includes an exhaustive list of 656 saints -- 25 of whom are women -- as well as documentation of the burial sites and legendary stories of the saints' lives as they have been told by their followers and worshippers in Israel.
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