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- Condition
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- Release Year
- 1993
- ISBN
- 9780819192387
- Book Title
- Holy Land in American Religious Thought, 1620-1948
- Publisher
- University Press of America, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 1993
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Religion, History
- Topic
- Judaism / History, General, Biblical Studies / History & Culture, Middle East / Israel & Palestine, History
- Item Weight
- 20 oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
The Holy Land in American Religious Thought, 1620-1948
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of America, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0819192384
ISBN-13
9780819192387
eBay Product ID (ePID)
315100
Product Key Features
Book Title
Holy Land in American Religious Thought, 1620-1948
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Judaism / History, General, Biblical Studies / History & Culture, Middle East / Israel & Palestine, History
Publication Year
1993
Genre
Religion, History
Format
Perfect
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
93-037015
Dewey Edition
20
Reviews
This is an immensely learned and erudite book. Greenberg has mastered an enormous literature, organized it and presented it in an innovative way, and demonstrated unsuspected parallels that cut across religious lines. An invaluable contribution., This is an immensely learned and erudite book. Greenberg has mastered an enormous literature, organized it and presented it in an innovative way, and demonstrated unsuspected parallels that cut across religious lines. An invaluable contribution.>>>>, “This is an immensely learned and erudite book. Greenberg has mastered an enormous literature, organized it and presented it in an innovative way, and demonstrated unsuspected parallels that cut across religious lines. An invaluable contribution.” –Jonathan Sarna, Brandeis University ” This is an immensely learned and erudite book. Greenberg has mastered an enormous literature, organized it and presented it in an innovative way, and demonstrated unsuspected parallels that cut across religious lines. An invaluable contribution. ” –Jonathan Sarna, Brandeis University
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Dewey Decimal
263/.0425694
Synopsis
This book is the first to investigate the effect of the biblical Holy Land on American religious institutions, from early Puritanism in 1620 to Judaism in 1948. It explores the attachment between religious America and the Land of Israel from a pluralistic perspective, tracing the history of religion in America as it relates to the spiritual and geographical identity of the Holy Land. Contents: Preface; Introduction: The Holy Land in American Religious Thought. PART I: THE HOLY LAND COMES TO AMERICA; Puritans and Congregationalists: The Americanization of Zion; Sephardic Jewry: Present and Future Zion; American Indians: Ten Lost Tribes and Christian Eschatology. PART II: NINETEENTH CENTURY INDIVIDUAL TIES TO THE HOLY LAND; Protestant Pilgrims: Disjunction between Expectation and Reality; Protestant Missionaries: Jewish Conversion and Christ’s Return; Consuls: Jews and Holy Land History. PART III: RELIGIOUS GROUPS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; Christianity among Blacks: The Spiritual Holy Land; Protestant Liberalists: Jewish Return and Christian Kingdom; Mormons: Dialectical Holy Lands; Judaism: American Impact and Internal Divisions. PART IV: THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; Protestant Liberalism: Universal Ideas; Catholicism: Holy Land of Christ’s Crucifixion; Judaism: Centrality of the Land; Conclusion., This book is the first to investigate the effect of the biblical Holy Land on American religious institutions, from early Puritanism in 1620 to Judaism in 1948. It explores the attachment between religious America and the Land of Israel from a pluralistic perspective, tracing the history of religion in America as it relates to the spiritual and geographical identity of the Holy Land.
LC Classification Number
BT93.G74 1994
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