"The papers in this collection were delivered at the Seventh Annual Symposium of the Philip M. and Ethel Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization at Creighton University on October 2 and 3, 1994"--P. ix. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Holy and haram : the limits of sacred real estate / Francis E. Peters -- Sacred space and profane power : Victor Turner and the perspective of Holy Land pilgrimage / Thomas A. Idinopulos -- Pilgrims and pilgrimage to Hebron (al-Khalīl) during the early Muslim period (638?- 1099) / Amikam Elad -- Muslim pilgrimage to Jerusalem in the Mamluk period / Yehoshua Frenkel -- The pilgrimage to Nebi Musa and the origins of Palestinian nationalism / Roger Friedland and Richard D. Hecht -- Jerusalem in late medieval itineraria / Thomas Renna -- Mandeville's Jews among others / Benjamin Braude -- The vision becomes reality : medieval women pilgrims to the Holy Land / Kristine T. Utterback -- Pilgrimage, ritual, and power strategies : Felix Fabri's pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1483 / Dorothea R. French -- Representation and ideals : the construction of women in travel literature to the Holy Land / Cathy Gutierrez -- Clorinda Minor, from pilgrim to pioneer / Barbera Kreiger -- Ambigious pilgrims : American protestant travelers to Ottoman Palestine, 1867-1914 / Edward L. Queen, II -- Nineteenth-century Mormon pilgrimages to the Holy Land / Andrew C. Skinner -- Staying home for the sights : surrogate destinations in America for Holy Land travel / Lester I. Vogel -- Baháʼí pilgrimage to Israel / Gandihimnohan Viswanathan.
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