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 t

A multidisciplinary study of the commonalities between heroes, icons, saints, and their institutions, across several cultures.

Among Moroccan Jews, saint worship is an important cultural characteristic, practiced throughout the population. Saint Veneration among the Jews in Morocco, the

This volume of essays is devoted to a careful examination of the importance of methodology in the study of primary religious data. The essays focus on the 'Sacr

This is the first full-length study of Jerome’s saints’ Lives. It analyses the way he combines classical, Christian and Jewish literary sources with his act