1998, ISBN: 9780814321980

The Royal Society, London, 1953. First edition. Library Buckram. Ex-Library. iv, 596 pages. With plates, tables, diagrams & illustrations. Original wrappers bound in. Slight wear… More...

The Royal Society, London, 1953. First edition. Library Buckram. Ex-Library. iv, 596 pages. With plates, tables, diagrams & illustrations. Original wrappers bound in. Slight wear & some soiling to spine, covers & corners. SERIES B VOLUME 140 No. 898 27 August 1952• The Rowett Research Institute. By D. P. Cuthbertson. (Plates 1 to 8) • The ribosenucleic acid content of isolated cell nuclei. By C. M. Mauritzen, A. B. Roy and E. Stedman, F.R.S. • Division of labour in the honeybee community. By C. R. Ribbands • Food transmission within the honeybee community. By H. L. Nixon and C. R. Ribbands • The origin of the odours by which honeybees distinguish their companions. By H. Kalmus and C. R. Ribbands • Observations on the structure of human spermatozoa: an electron microscope inquiry. By Marlene H. G. Friedlaender. (Plates 9 to 11) • The respiratory significance of the crown in the polychaete worms Sabella and Myxicola. By G. P. Wells • Heterokaryosis : a system of adaptation in wild fungi. By J. L. Jinks. (Plate 12) • The mechanism of variation in Penicillium heterokaryons. By H. Rees and J. L. Jinks • Ultracentrifugal studies of the infective and complement-fixing components in the virus system of foot-and-mouth disease. By C. J. Bradish, J. B. Brooksby, J. F. Dillon and M. Norambuena • Serological reactions of pollen incompatibility substances. By D. Lewis • Osmoregulation in surviving shoes from the livers of adult rats. (With a note on cloudy swelling.) By J. R. Robinson • The basicities of the nitrogen atoms in the porphyrin nucleus ; their dependence on some substituents of the tetrapyrrolic ring. By A. Neuberger, F.R.S. and J. J. Scott. (Abstract) • Analysis of the swimming of long and narrow animals. By Sir Geoffrey Taylor, F.R.S. (Abstract) No. 899 16 October 1952• Croonian Lecture. The elementary nervous system. By C. F. A. Pantin, F.R.S. (Plates 13 to 17)• A discussion on excitation and inhibition. Under the leadership of J. C. Eccles, F.R.S • Diffusion and chemical reaction velocity in cylindrical and spherical systems of physiological interest. By F. J. W. Roughton, F.R.S. • The effect of low oxygen tension on the activity of aerobic dehydrogenases. By H. Laser • Cell-wall studies in the Chlorophyceae. I. A general survey of submicroscopic structure in filamentous species. By E. Nicolai and R. D. Preston. (Plates 18 and 19) • Nuclear components of dividing cells. By P. ?. B. Walker and Helen B. Yates • The nodes of Ranvier. By A. Hess and J. Z. Young, F.R.S. (Plates 20 to 23) • An experimental study of the scattering of light by natural waters. By W. R. G. Atkins, F.R.S. and H. H. Poole • Colony formation by Bact. lactis aerogenes on solid media containing antibacterial agents. By A. C. R. Dean and Sir Cyril Hinshelwood, For.Sec.R.S. • Changes in the growth characteristics of yeast on union of haploids, and segregation of haploids from diploids. By B.C. Kilkenny and Sir Cyril Hinshelwood, For.Sec.R.S • Studies in the respiratory and carbohydrate metabolism of plant tissues. I. Experimental studies of the formation of carbon dioxide, lactic acid and other products in potato tubers under anaerobic conditions. By J. Barker and A.F. el Saifi • Studies in the respiratory and carbohydrate metabolism of plant tissues. II. Interrelationship between the rates of production of carbon dioxide, of lactic acid and of alcohol in potato tubers under anaerobic conditions. By J. Barker and A. F. el Saifi • A primitive dipnoan fish from the Lower Devonian of Germany. By W. Lehmann and T. S. Westoll. (Plate 24) • An experimental X-ray shadow microscope. By V. E. Cosslett and W. C. Nixon. (Plates 25 to 29)• Aspects of comparative lung growth. By R. H. D. Short No. 901 15 January 1953• Anniversary Address by Dr E. D. Adrian, O.M., P.R.S. • Regeneration of rat ovarian tissue grafted after exposure to low temperatures. By A. S. Parkes, F.R.S. and Audrey U. Smith. (Plates 30 to 32) • Synthetic oestrogenic compounds related to stilbene and diphenylethane. III. By E.C. Dodds, F.R.S., R. L. Huang, W. Lawson and Sir Robert Robinson, F.R.S. • Biochemistry of fluoroacetate poisoning. The isolation and some properties of the fluorotricarboxylic acid inhibitor of citrate metabolism. By Sir Rudolph Peters, F.R.S., R. W. Wakelin and P. Buffa (and a note upon infra-red spectra by L. C. Thomas). (Plate 33)• Studies in the respiratory and carbohydrate metabolism of plant tissues. III. Experimental studies of the formation of carbon dioxide and of the changes in lactic acid and other products in potato tubers in air following anaerobic conditions. By J. Barker and A. F. el Saifi • Studies in the respiratory and carbohydrate metabolism of plant tissues. IV. The relation between the rate of carbon dioxide production in potato tubers in air following anaerobic conditions, and the accompanying changes in lactic acid content and sugar concentration. By J. Barker and A. F. el Saifi • Cytogenetic analysis of the action of carcinogens and tumour inhibitors in Drosophila melanogaster. I. 1:2, 3:4-diepoxybutane. By Myrtle J. Bird and O.G. Fahmy (Plate 34) • The role of depot fat in the hypothalamic control of food intake in the rat. By G.C. Kennedy  Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biology, Natural History & Botany; Health & Medicine; Magazines & Periodicals; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 014649. ., The Royal Society, 1953, 2.5, Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 1998. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 388, [2] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Includes 32 black and white illustrations following page 197. Also includes Notes, Dates of the Hillulah; Morocco: Map of Jewish Saints; List of Saints According to Their Burial Place; Glossary; Bibliography; Index of Saints and Their Tombs; and General Index. Part One includes Introduction; Terms Used to Designate Saints; Genesis of a Saint; Families of Saints and Their Descendants; The Saints and Erets Yisra'el; Saints and Their Disciples; Saints as Miracle Makers; Saints and the World of Nature; Dreams in Saint Veneration; Visiting the Saint: The Hillulah; Poems and Songs of the Hillulah; The Communal Organization around the Holy Sites; Relations between Jews and Muslims in Saint Veneration; Saint Worship as Practiced by Jews and Muslims in Morocco; Moroccan Jewry and Saint Worship in Israel; and Conclusion. Part Two includes The Saints: Tales and Legends; and Holy Women: Tales and Legends. The author was a senior researcher and lecturer on Jewish and Comparative Folklore at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He eared his Ph.D. from the Georg-August University in Gottingen, Germany. This is one of the Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology. The author presents the reader with the miraculous tales and legends of the Jewish patron saints as well as a masterful compendium of 656 Jewish saints, including 25 women. This book assures us that the memory of these saints and of their devoted followers will be kept alive. Among Moroccan Jews, saint worship is an important cultural characteristic, practiced throughout the population. Saint Veneration among the Jews in Morocco, the only book in English on this topic, contains essential information about Moroccan Jewry not available anywhere else. The Hebrew edition, published by Magnes Press in 1984, has become a standard classic in the study of the history, culture, and religious practices of Moroccan Jewry. In this new English language edition, based on ten years of fieldwork, Issachar Ben-Ami provides the basic historical and ethnographic information about saint veneration. He illuminates the intricate network that connects the saints and their faithful followers, while revealing the ideological fundamentals that sustain the interrelationship and ensure ritual continuity.Using material selected from more than 1,200 testimonies collected during the course of his research, Ben-Ami describes historical and legendary types of saints, customs and beliefs related to the saints or their sanctuaries, and the practices and ceremonies that take place during or outside the hillulah, the the festival that celebrates the anniversary of the death of a saint. Two chapters are dedicated to a comparison with the cult of saints among the Muslims in Morocco as well as to the relationship between Jews and Muslims in Morocco in what concerning saint veneration. In addition, Ben-Ami has included 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. Also included are popular creative works such as legends, stories, dreams, and songs extolling the greatness and miraculous deeds of the saints. The picture that emerges from this study is that of a strong community of believing Jews who lived in the expectancy of the coming of the Messiah and welcomed miracles as part of their routine life. With the immigration of the Jews of Morocco to other countries, this fascinating world has disappeared, although it has found new ways of expression in Israel., Wayne State University Press, 1998, 3<

2014, ISBN: 9780814321980

Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press, 1997. Hardcover Near Fine: shows only the most minute indications of use: shows just a hint of wear at the corner tips; the hinges are very sligh… More...

Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press, 1997. Hardcover Near Fine: shows only the most minute indications of use: shows just a hint of wear at the corner tips; the hinges are very slightly sprung and the boards are ever so slightly bowed. Else flawless. Binding square and secure; text clean. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 496pp.Hardback: Lacks DJ. This book contains the oral testimony of victims of pornography, spoken on the record for the first time in history. Speaking at hearings on a groundbreaking antipornography civil rights law, women offer eloquent witness to the devastation pornography has caused in their lives. Supported by social science experts and authorities on rape, battery, and prostitution, discounted and opposed by free speech advocates and absolutists, their riveting testimony articulates the centrality of pornography to sexual abuse and inequity today. At issue in these hearings is a law conceived and drafted by Andrea Dworkin and Catharine A. MacKinnon that defines harm done through pornography as a legal injury of sex discrimination warranting civil redress. From the first set of hearings in Minneapolis in 1983 through those before the Massachusetts state legislature in 1992, the witnesses heard here expose the commonplace reality of denigration and sexual subordination due to pornography and refute the widespread notion that pornography is harmless expression that must be protected by the state. Introduced with powerful essays by MacKinnon and Dworkin, these hearings -- unabridged and with each word scrupulously verified--constitute a unique record of a conflict over the meaning of democracy itself--a major civil rights struggle for our time and a fundamental crisis in United States constitutional law: Can we sacrifice the lives of women and children to a pornographer's right to free "speech"? Can we allow the First Amendment to shield sexual exploitation and predatory sexual violence? These pages contain all the arguments for protecting pornography--and dramatically document its human cost., Harvard University Press, 1997., 0, London: Central Press Photos Ltd., 18 October 1941. Photograph. This original press photograph captures Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill inspecting an anti-aircraft gun and its crew in London on 17 October 1941. The gelatin silver print on matte photo paper measures 7.75 x 9.5 inches (19.7 x 24.1 cm). Condition is very good. The paper is crisp, clean, and free of scratching with only some light edge wear confined to the margins. The verso bears the copyright stamp of “Central Press Photos Ltd.”, a stamp indicating that this photograph passed censor, a received stamp dated 18 OCT. 1941, and a typed caption. The caption is titled “PRIME MINISTER WITH “ACK ACK" GIRLS and reads, “Mr WINSTON CHURCHILL, accompanied by his wife, today paid a visit to the anti-aircraft battery in the London area which is manned by men and women. The picture shows the Premier watching some of the men load one of the guns.” Throughout the war Churchill frequently visited defense-related production, testing, and training sites. The caption on the verso of this photograph indicates that this gun site was operated in part by the Ack Ack Girls. (Though this photograph captures the loading of the guns, a job performed by men, one woman is visible in the background). All women age 20-30 were required to join one of the Auxiliary services. One such service was the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) which contained one of the most exciting, and dangerous, roles, that of the Ack Ack Girls who were charged with operating London's anti-aircraft guns. Churchill’s youngest child, Mary (1922-2014), was among the first Ack Ack Girls to volunteer, serving at a gun site in Hyde Park. Though women were forbidden to operate weaponry, the Ack Ack Girls played a critical role in spotting enemy aircraft and calculating trajectories. This photo is testimony to Churchill’s lifelong informed fascination with the minutiae and machinery of combat and a reminder of the fact that he was a soldier before he was a politician. Churchill’s interest was neither idle nor amateur. The man who began his career as a cavalry officer and participated in the ‘last great cavalry charge in British history’ would later help conceive the tank, pilot aircraft, support establishment of the Royal Air Force, direct use of some of the earliest computers (for WWII code breaking), and ultimately preside as Prime Minister over the first British nuclear weapons test. Before he became Prime Minister, Churchill had twice served as wartime First Lord of the Admiralty and also as wartime Minister of Munitions. During the Second World War – as he had for decades before – Churchill showed keen interest in – and critical support for – the struggle for technological mastery that would prove as critical to winning the war as men, material, and logistics. This press photo came from the Central Press Photos agency. During the first half of the twentieth century, photojournalism grew as a practice, fundamentally changing the way the public interacted with current events. Newspapers assembled expansive archives, including physical copies of all photographs published or deemed useful for potential future use, their versos typically marked with ink stamps and notes providing provenance and captions. Photo departments would often take brush, paint, pencil, and marker to the surface of photographs themselves to edit them before publication. Today these photographs exist as repositories of historical memory, technological artifacts, and often striking pieces of vernacular art., Central Press Photos Ltd., 18 October 1941, 0, Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 1998. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 388, [2] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Includes 32 black and white illustrations following page 197. Also includes Notes, Dates of the Hillulah; Morocco: Map of Jewish Saints; List of Saints According to Their Burial Place; Glossary; Bibliography; Index of Saints and Their Tombs; and General Index. Part One includes Introduction; Terms Used to Designate Saints; Genesis of a Saint; Families of Saints and Their Descendants; The Saints and Erets Yisra'el; Saints and Their Disciples; Saints as Miracle Makers; Saints and the World of Nature; Dreams in Saint Veneration; Visiting the Saint: The Hillulah; Poems and Songs of the Hillulah; The Communal Organization around the Holy Sites; Relations between Jews and Muslims in Saint Veneration; Saint Worship as Practiced by Jews and Muslims in Morocco; Moroccan Jewry and Saint Worship in Israel; and Conclusion. Part Two includes The Saints: Tales and Legends; and Holy Women: Tales and Legends. The author was a senior researcher and lecturer on Jewish and Comparative Folklore at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He eared his Ph.D. from the Georg-August University in Gottingen, Germany. This is one of the Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology. The author presents the reader with the miraculous tales and legends of the Jewish patron saints as well as a masterful compendium of 656 Jewish saints, including 25 women. This book assures us that the memory of these saints and of their devoted followers will be kept alive. Among Moroccan Jews, saint worship is an important cultural characteristic, practiced throughout the population. Saint Veneration among the Jews in Morocco, the only book in English on this topic, contains essential information about Moroccan Jewry not available anywhere else. The Hebrew edition, published by Magnes Press in 1984, has become a standard classic in the study of the history, culture, and religious practices of Moroccan Jewry. In this new English language edition, based on ten years of fieldwork, Issachar Ben-Ami provides the basic historical and ethnographic information about saint veneration. He illuminates the intricate network that connects the saints and their faithful followers, while revealing the ideological fundamentals that sustain the interrelationship and ensure ritual continuity.Using material selected from more than 1,200 testimonies collected during the course of his research, Ben-Ami describes historical and legendary types of saints, customs and beliefs related to the saints or their sanctuaries, and the practices and ceremonies that take place during or outside the hillulah, the the festival that celebrates the anniversary of the death of a saint. Two chapters are dedicated to a comparison with the cult of saints among the Muslims in Morocco as well as to the relationship between Jews and Muslims in Morocco in what concerning saint veneration. In addition, Ben-Ami has included 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. Also included are popular creative works such as legends, stories, dreams, and songs extolling the greatness and miraculous deeds of the saints. The picture that emerges from this study is that of a strong community of believing Jews who lived in the expectancy of the coming of the Messiah and welcomed miracles as part of their routine life. With the immigration of the Jews of Morocco to other countries, this fascinating world has disappeared, although it has found new ways of expression in Israel., Wayne State University Press, 1998, 3<

1998, ISBN: 9780814321980

Toronto: William Briggs. Nearly fine copy in the original decorated cloth. 1885. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 259 pp., Bound in brown cloth stamped in gold & black. Former owner's bookpla… More...

Toronto: William Briggs. Nearly fine copy in the original decorated cloth. 1885. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 259 pp., Bound in brown cloth stamped in gold & black. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, else about fine ., William Briggs, 1885, 5, London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1908. First Edition. Decorative cloth. Very Good +. B&W Glossy Photos. Thick 8vo (8 7/8" x 6" x 2"), publisher's original tan cloth with gold lettering on spine with small Art Nouveau image of two nude men on plunging horses [Harrap logo?} & gilt title with flanking ravens on front cover with detailed blind-stamping of a Nouveau Norse warrior's helmeted head whio is holding a spear; illustrated with gossy B&W frontispiece of Norse landing in Iceland & 25 plates with photo reproductions of artworks by prominent artists; Index of Poetical Quotations, Glossary and Index; xvi + 396, [397] pages + [3] Ad for Guerber. Weight: 1 lb. 14.4 oz. Handsomely illustrated first edition in the VERY SCARCE elaborately decorated cloth. An appealing survey of many--roughly 29--of the more noteworthy Norse myths.<br /> <br /> Hélène Adeline Guerber (1859-1929) was a prolific American author of lively retellings of myths, legends, folklore, plays, epic poetry, operas and history. <br /> <br /> Solid copy with firm hinges and webbing. Light rubbing to the cloth (mainly a bit to the corners & a dime-sized scuff toward middle of rear cover). Light uniform age-toning to the paper. Previous ownership marks on free front endpaper. NO foxing to the bright glossy B&W plates., George G. Harrap & Company, 1908, 3, Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 1998. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 388, [2] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Includes 32 black and white illustrations following page 197. Also includes Notes, Dates of the Hillulah; Morocco: Map of Jewish Saints; List of Saints According to Their Burial Place; Glossary; Bibliography; Index of Saints and Their Tombs; and General Index. Part One includes Introduction; Terms Used to Designate Saints; Genesis of a Saint; Families of Saints and Their Descendants; The Saints and Erets Yisra'el; Saints and Their Disciples; Saints as Miracle Makers; Saints and the World of Nature; Dreams in Saint Veneration; Visiting the Saint: The Hillulah; Poems and Songs of the Hillulah; The Communal Organization around the Holy Sites; Relations between Jews and Muslims in Saint Veneration; Saint Worship as Practiced by Jews and Muslims in Morocco; Moroccan Jewry and Saint Worship in Israel; and Conclusion. Part Two includes The Saints: Tales and Legends; and Holy Women: Tales and Legends. The author was a senior researcher and lecturer on Jewish and Comparative Folklore at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He eared his Ph.D. from the Georg-August University in Gottingen, Germany. This is one of the Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology. The author presents the reader with the miraculous tales and legends of the Jewish patron saints as well as a masterful compendium of 656 Jewish saints, including 25 women. This book assures us that the memory of these saints and of their devoted followers will be kept alive. Among Moroccan Jews, saint worship is an important cultural characteristic, practiced throughout the population. Saint Veneration among the Jews in Morocco, the only book in English on this topic, contains essential information about Moroccan Jewry not available anywhere else. The Hebrew edition, published by Magnes Press in 1984, has become a standard classic in the study of the history, culture, and religious practices of Moroccan Jewry. In this new English language edition, based on ten years of fieldwork, Issachar Ben-Ami provides the basic historical and ethnographic information about saint veneration. He illuminates the intricate network that connects the saints and their faithful followers, while revealing the ideological fundamentals that sustain the interrelationship and ensure ritual continuity.Using material selected from more than 1,200 testimonies collected during the course of his research, Ben-Ami describes historical and legendary types of saints, customs and beliefs related to the saints or their sanctuaries, and the practices and ceremonies that take place during or outside the hillulah, the the festival that celebrates the anniversary of the death of a saint. Two chapters are dedicated to a comparison with the cult of saints among the Muslims in Morocco as well as to the relationship between Jews and Muslims in Morocco in what concerning saint veneration. In addition, Ben-Ami has included 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. Also included are popular creative works such as legends, stories, dreams, and songs extolling the greatness and miraculous deeds of the saints. The picture that emerges from this study is that of a strong community of believing Jews who lived in the expectancy of the coming of the Messiah and welcomed miracles as part of their routine life. With the immigration of the Jews of Morocco to other countries, this fascinating world has disappeared, although it has found new ways of expression in Israel., Wayne State University Press, 1998, 3<

1998, ISBN: 9780814321980

Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 1998. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 388, [2] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Includes 32 black and wh… More...

Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 1998. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 388, [2] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Includes 32 black and white illustrations following page 197. Also includes Notes, Dates of the Hillulah; Morocco: Map of Jewish Saints; List of Saints According to Their Burial Place; Glossary; Bibliography; Index of Saints and Their Tombs; and General Index. Part One includes Introduction; Terms Used to Designate Saints; Genesis of a Saint; Families of Saints and Their Descendants; The Saints and Erets Yisra'el; Saints and Their Disciples; Saints as Miracle Makers; Saints and the World of Nature; Dreams in Saint Veneration; Visiting the Saint: The Hillulah; Poems and Songs of the Hillulah; The Communal Organization around the Holy Sites; Relations between Jews and Muslims in Saint Veneration; Saint Worship as Practiced by Jews and Muslims in Morocco; Moroccan Jewry and Saint Worship in Israel; and Conclusion. Part Two includes The Saints: Tales and Legends; and Holy Women: Tales and Legends. The author was a senior researcher and lecturer on Jewish and Comparative Folklore at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He eared his Ph.D. from the Georg-August University in Gottingen, Germany. This is one of the Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology. The author presents the reader with the miraculous tales and legends of the Jewish patron saints as well as a masterful compendium of 656 Jewish saints, including 25 women. This book assures us that the memory of these saints and of their devoted followers will be kept alive. Among Moroccan Jews, saint worship is an important cultural characteristic, practiced throughout the population. Saint Veneration among the Jews in Morocco, the only book in English on this topic, contains essential information about Moroccan Jewry not available anywhere else. The Hebrew edition, published by Magnes Press in 1984, has become a standard classic in the study of the history, culture, and religious practices of Moroccan Jewry. In this new English language edition, based on ten years of fieldwork, Issachar Ben-Ami provides the basic historical and ethnographic information about saint veneration. He illuminates the intricate network that connects the saints and their faithful followers, while revealing the ideological fundamentals that sustain the interrelationship and ensure ritual continuity.Using material selected from more than 1,200 testimonies collected during the course of his research, Ben-Ami describes historical and legendary types of saints, customs and beliefs related to the saints or their sanctuaries, and the practices and ceremonies that take place during or outside the hillulah, the the festival that celebrates the anniversary of the death of a saint. Two chapters are dedicated to a comparison with the cult of saints among the Muslims in Morocco as well as to the relationship between Jews and Muslims in Morocco in what concerning saint veneration. In addition, Ben-Ami has included 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. Also included are popular creative works such as legends, stories, dreams, and songs extolling the greatness and miraculous deeds of the saints. The picture that emerges from this study is that of a strong community of believing Jews who lived in the expectancy of the coming of the Messiah and welcomed miracles as part of their routine life. With the immigration of the Jews of Morocco to other countries, this fascinating world has disappeared, although it has found new ways of expression in Israel., Wayne State University Press, 1998, 3<

1998, ISBN: 9780814321980

Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 1998. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 388, [2] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Includes 32 black and wh… More...

Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 1998. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 388, [2] pages. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Includes 32 black and white illustrations following page 197. Also includes Notes, Dates of the Hillulah; Morocco: Map of Jewish Saints; List of Saints According to Their Burial Place; Glossary; Bibliography; Index of Saints and Their Tombs; and General Index. Part One includes Introduction; Terms Used to Designate Saints; Genesis of a Saint; Families of Saints and Their Descendants; The Saints and Erets Yisra'el; Saints and Their Disciples; Saints as Miracle Makers; Saints and the World of Nature; Dreams in Saint Veneration; Visiting the Saint: The Hillulah; Poems and Songs of the Hillulah; The Communal Organization around the Holy Sites; Relations between Jews and Muslims in Saint Veneration; Saint Worship as Practiced by Jews and Muslims in Morocco; Moroccan Jewry and Saint Worship in Israel; and Conclusion. Part Two includes The Saints: Tales and Legends; and Holy Women: Tales and Legends. The author was a senior researcher and lecturer on Jewish and Comparative Folklore at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He eared his Ph.D. from the Georg-August University in Gottingen, Germany. This is one of the Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology. The author presents the reader with the miraculous tales and legends of the Jewish patron saints as well as a masterful compendium of 656 Jewish saints, including 25 women. This book assures us that the memory of these saints and of their devoted followers will be kept alive. Among Moroccan Jews, saint worship is an important cultural characteristic, practiced throughout the population. Saint Veneration among the Jews in Morocco, the only book in English on this topic, contains essential information about Moroccan Jewry not available anywhere else. The Hebrew edition, published by Magnes Press in 1984, has become a standard classic in the study of the history, culture, and religious practices of Moroccan Jewry. In this new English language edition, based on ten years of fieldwork, Issachar Ben-Ami provides the basic historical and ethnographic information about saint veneration. He illuminates the intricate network that connects the saints and their faithful followers, while revealing the ideological fundamentals that sustain the interrelationship and ensure ritual continuity.Using material selected from more than 1,200 testimonies collected during the course of his research, Ben-Ami describes historical and legendary types of saints, customs and beliefs related to the saints or their sanctuaries, and the practices and ceremonies that take place during or outside the hillulah, the the festival that celebrates the anniversary of the death of a saint. Two chapters are dedicated to a comparison with the cult of saints among the Muslims in Morocco as well as to the relationship between Jews and Muslims in Morocco in what concerning saint veneration. In addition, Ben-Ami has included 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. Also included are popular creative works such as legends, stories, dreams, and songs extolling the greatness and miraculous deeds of the saints. The picture that emerges from this study is that of a strong community of believing Jews who lived in the expectancy of the coming of the Messiah and welcomed miracles as part of their routine life. With the immigration of the Jews of Morocco to other countries, this fascinating world has disappeared, although it has found new ways of expression in Israel., Wayne State University Press, 1998, 3<