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The Lives and Deaths of Jubrail Dabdoub - Or, How the Bethlehemites Discovered Amerka (Paperback)
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The Lives and Deaths of Jubrail Dabdoub - Or, How the Bethlehemites Discovered Amerka (Paperback)
Series: Worlding the Middle East
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This is the fantastical, yet real, story of the merchants of
Bethlehem, the young men who traveled to every corner of the globe
in the nineteenth century. These men set off on the backs of
donkeys with suitcases full of crosses and rosaries, to return via
steamship with suitcases stuffed with French francs, Philippine
pesos, or Salvadoran colones. They returned with news of mysterious
lands and strange inventions-clocks, trains, and other devices that
both befuddled and bewitched the Bethlehemites. With newfound
wealth, these merchants built shimmering pink mansions that
transformed Bethlehem. At the center of these extraordinary
occurrences lived Jubrail Dabdoub. The Lives and Deaths of Jubrail
Dabdoub tells the story of Jubrail's encounters, from his childhood
in rural Bethlehem to later voyages across Europe, East Asia, and
the Americas, culminating in a recorded miracle: in 1909, Jubrail
was brought back from the dead. To tell such a tale is to delve
into the realms of the fantastic and improbable-realms in which the
historian rarely treads. Through the story of Jubrail's life, Jacob
Norris explores the porous lines between history and fiction, the
normal and the paranormal, the everyday and the extraordinary.
Drawing on aspects of magical realism combined with elements of
Palestinian folklore, Norris recovers the atmosphere of late
nineteenth-century Bethlehem: a mood of excitement, disorientation,
and wonder surrounding the scores of young men setting off for
faraway lands. As the book offers an original approach to
historical writing, it captures a fantastic story of global
encounter and exchange.
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