LEADER 04202nam 2200673 450 001 9910787086003321 005 20230803204529.0 010 $a0-8047-9246-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804792462 035 $a(CKB)3710000000226828 035 $a(EBL)1775731 035 $a(OCoLC)923710636 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001334474 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12490652 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001334474 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11258557 035 $a(PQKB)11178194 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001132184 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1775731 035 $a(DE-B1597)563667 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804792462 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1775731 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10921929 035 $a(OCoLC)1178769106 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000226828 100 $a20140912h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEmissaries from the Holy Land $ethe Sephardic diaspora and the practice of pan-Judaism in the eighteenth century /$fMatthias B. Lehmann 210 1$aStanford, California :$cStanford University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (351 p.) 225 1 $aStanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-8047-8965-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tOne. Network of Beneficence --$tTwo. Agents of Philanthropy Emissaries from the Holy Land and the Communities of the Diaspora --$tThree. Ideological Foundations --$tFour. Solidarity Contested --$tFive. End of an Era --$tEpilogue. Pan-Judaism --$tNotes --$tGlossary --$tIndex 330 $aFor Jews in every corner of the world, the Holy Land has always been central. But that conviction was put to the test in the eighteenth century when Jewish leaders in Palestine and their allies in Istanbul sent rabbinic emissaries on global fundraising missions. From the shores of the Mediterranean to the port cities of the Atlantic seaboard, from the Caribbean to India, these emissaries solicited donations for the impoverished of Israel's homeland. Emissaries from the Holy Land explores how this eighteenth century philanthropic network was organized and how relations of trust and solidarity were built across vast geographic differences. It looks at how the emissaries and their supporters understood the relationship between the Jewish Diaspora and the Land of Israel, and it shows how cross-cultural encounters and competing claims for financial support involving Sephardic, Ashkenazi, and North African emissaries and communities contributed to the transformation of Jewish identity from 1720 to 1820. Solidarity among Jews and the centrality of the Holy Land in traditional Jewish society are often taken for granted. Lehmann challenges such assumptions and provides a critical, historical perspective on the question of how Jews in the early modern period encountered one another, how they related to Jerusalem and the land of Israel, and how the early modern period changed perceptions of Jewish unity and solidarity. Based on original archival research as well as multiple little-known and rarely studied sources, Emissaries from the Holy Land offers a fresh perspective on early modern Jewish society and culture and the relationship between the Jewish Diaspora and Palestine in the eighteenth century. 410 0$aStanford studies in Jewish history and culture. 606 $aSephardim$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aJewish diaspora$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aJews$xIdentity$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aJews$zPalestine$xCharities$xHistory$y18th century 615 0$aSephardim$xHistory 615 0$aJewish diaspora$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xIdentity$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xCharities$xHistory 676 $a909/.0492407 700 $aLehmann$b Matthias B.$f1970-$0922862 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787086003321 996 $aEmissaries from the Holy Land$93741469 997 $aUNINA