The Saint of Beersheba

by Alex Weingrod and Reviewer Alex Weingrod

Book Overview

Weingrod presents an anthropological study of the development of a new Jewish saint, or zaddikin Israel and of the annual pilgrimage to his enshrined grave by thousands of North African Jews. It is the fascinating story of how Rabbi Chayim Chouri, an aged Tunisian rabbi, became famed as the "Saint of Beersheba," after his death in the 1950s. The author focuses upon the meaning of this event in the lives of the participants, and interprets the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791401391
• ISBN13: 9780791401392
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.1"