Mystics and missionaries : the Jews in Palestine, 1799-1840 /

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Author / Creator:Lieber, Sherman, 1930-
Imprint:Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c1992.
Description:489 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1375935
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ISBN:0874803918 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-474) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Napoleon's Invasion of Palestine, 1799
  • 2. Nineteenth-Century Palestine: The Land and Its People
  • 3. Hasidic Immigration of Eretz Israel, 1777-1807
  • 4. Perushim Settle in Safed, 1808-1812
  • 5. The Plague Years and the Jewish Community of Jerusalem 1812-1815
  • 6. Friction and Factionalism, 1815-1825
  • 7. English and American Missionaries in Palestine, 1820-1829
  • 8. Jewish Activities in the Four Holy Cities, 1825-1830
  • 9. The Egyptian Occupation of Palestine, 1831-1840
  • 10. Jewish Immigrants and Their Initiatives in the 1830s
  • 11. Organizing the Jewish Community and Building the Hurva Synagogue, 1834-1838
  • 12. Pilgrims, Travelers, and Explorers
  • 13. Missionary Activities in the 1830s
  • 14. The British Consulate in Jerusalem, 1839-1840
  • 15. Montefiore's Second Trip to Eretz Israel, 1839
  • 16. The End of Egypt's Occupation of Palestine, 1840.