Constructing a shared Bible Land: Jewish Israeli guiding performances for Protestant pilgrims

American Ethnologist

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 351-374

  Feldman, Jackie ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bible; Habitus; Holy Land; Jewish Christian relations; Performance; Pilgrimage; Tour guide

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248223170     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2007.34.2.351     Document Type: Article

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