'The House of the Priest' : A Palestinian Life (1885-1954) /
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' The House of the Priest ' presents and discusses the hitherto unpublished and untranslated memoirs of Niqula Khoury, a senior member of the Orthodox Church and Arab nationalist in late Ottoman and British Mandate Palestine. It discusses the complicated relationships between language, religion, diplomacy and identity in the Middle East in the interwar period. This original annotated translation and accompanying articles provide a thorough explication of Khoury's memoirs and their significance for the social, political and religious histories of twentieth-century Palestine and Arab relations with the Greek Orthodox church. Khoury played a major role in these dynamics as a leading member of the fight for Arab presence in the Greek-dominated clergy, and for an independent Palestine, travelling in 1937 to Eastern Europe and the League of Nations on behalf of the national movement. Contributors: Sarah Irving, Charbel Nassif, Konstantinos Papastathis, Karène Sanchez Summerer, Cyrus Schayegh.
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A unique, hitherto unpublished memoir from a leading Palestinian nationalist within the Orthodox Church, bearing witness to the Young Turk Revolution, WWI, and the fight for Palestine independence at the League of Nations. :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004516885
9789004515390
Baths and bathing : the culture of bathing and the baths and thermae in Palestine from the Hasmoneans to the Moslem conquest ; with an appendix on Jewish rituals baths (miqva'ot) /
: 212 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 1841716928
Mosaics of faith : Floors of Pagans, Jews, Samaritans, Christians, and Muslims in the Holy Land /
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"An analytical history of the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Umayyad, and Early Abbasid mosaics in the Holy Land from the second century B.C.E. to eighth century C.E."--Provided by publisher.
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xvi, 579 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-570) and index. :
9780271060842
Agriculture in Iron Age Israel /
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Orig. pub. Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, �1987. "Reprinted by permission."--T.p.verso
Initiated as a Ph. D. dissertation at the University of Michigan. :
xxii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-184) and indexes.
"Bibliography: updated and annotated": pages 185-213 :
0897570545
9780897570541
Socio-economic aspects of late Roman mosaic pavements in Phoenicia and Northern Palestine /
: "The present book began its life as an Oxford DPhil thesis, completed in 2000"--Acknowledgements. : 289 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 30 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9781407311487
Civic ideology, organization, and law in the Rule scrolls : a comparative study of the Covenanters' sect and contemporary voluntary associations in political context /
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Over the past sixty years, several studies have demonstrated that the Dead Sea Scrolls sect was one of numerous voluntary associations that flourished in the Hellenistic-Roman age. Yet the origins of organizational and regulatory patterns that the sect shared with other associations have not been adequately explained. Drawing upon sociological studies of modern associations, this book argues that most ancient groups appropriated patterns from the state. Comparison of the Rule Scrolls with Greco-Roman constitutional literature, as well as philosophical, rabbinic, and early Christian texts, shows that the sect's appropriation helped articulate an \'alternative civic ideology\' by which members identified themselves as subjects of a commonwealth alternative and superior to that of the status quo. Like other associations with alternative civic ideology, the Covenanters studied constitution and law with the intention of reform, anticipating governance of restored Israel at the End of Days.
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Revised version of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 2007. :
1 online resource (xxv, 586 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. [525]-552) and indexes. :
9789004212183 :
0169-9962 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Torah centers and rabbinic activity in Palestine, 70-400 CE : history and geographic distribution /
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This book analyses the data about Torah centers and rabbinic activity in Palestine during Mishnaic and Talmudic times, 70-400 CE-the Roman and early Byzantine periods. The research is an interdisciplinary inquiry. It encompasses rabbinic literature as well as archeology, geography, and sociology, thus enriching the discussion of the history and scope of rabbinic activity in the different regions of Palestine. Arranged in chronological order, the book highlights the changes generated by historical events, in particular the relocation of rabbinic centers following the upheaval of the Bar Kokhba Revolt. In spite of this upheaval, Torah centers continued to develop in Palestine for several hundred years, until the end of the period under discussion.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789047440734 :
1384-2161 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Charlemagne's survey of the Holy Land : wealth, personnel, and buildings of a Mediterranean church between antiquity and the Middle Ages : with a critical edition and translation o...
: xxii, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9780884023630 : aya