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ID192287
Title ProperChanging identity of Muslim/Jewish holy places in the State of Israel, 1948–2018
LanguageENG
AuthorBar, Doron
Summary / Abstract (Note)Over the past seven decades, dozens of Muslim holy places in Israel have undergone a process of Judaization, becoming an integral part of the Israeli-Jewish sacred landscape. The current paper compares three waves of Judaization that followed the 1948 and 1967 wars, emphasizing the institutional and popular character of this process. The appropriation of Muslim holy places and their conversion is tied to the political, social, and religious changes that Israeli society underwent during its seventy years of existence. During these decades, Jewish holy spaces gained social, cultural, and religious importance; visiting them became a popular pastime. As the demand for holy places grew, former Muslim sites were converted and became part of Jewish sacred space. The process of transformation took place in parallel on two planes – the institutional and the popular – as both Israeli governmental bodies and worshipers converted Muslim holy places into Jewish sacred sites. The outcome of the process was the expansion of sacred space in the State of Israel and the inclusion of the periphery, which in many cases contained former Muslim holy places, as an integral part of the Jewish map of holy places.
`In' analytical NoteMiddle Eastern Studies Vol. 59, No.1; Jan 2023: p.139-150
Journal SourceMiddle Eastern Studies Vol: 59 No 1
Key WordsJerusalem ;  Muslim ;  Jewish ;  Holy Places ;  State of Israel


 
 
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