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A Biblical People in the Bible Belt - The Jewish Community of Memphis, Tennessee, 1840s-1960s (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R909
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A Biblical People in the Bible Belt - The Jewish Community of Memphis, Tennessee, 1840s-1960s (Hardcover, New): Selma S Lewis

A Biblical People in the Bible Belt - The Jewish Community of Memphis, Tennessee, 1840s-1960s (Hardcover, New)

Selma S Lewis

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As both a historian and a member of the community about which she writes, Selma S. Lewis provides an accurate and lively story of Jewish life in Memphis. She poignantly describes the origins and development of a healthy relationship between her "biblical people" and the people of the Bible Belt. It is largely a hopeful story, of a Southern city that turned out to be "a favorable place for Jews to live". For a variety of reasons Jewish Memphians suffered little overt prejudice, and were able take care of their own needs while attending to those of the community as a whole. As a result, from early on they have held positions of municipal leadership, been active supporters of the city's cultural and philanthropic activities, and aided in the course of racial integration. Narrating the life of Jews in Memphis from the antebellum period through the civil rights movement of the 1960s, Lewis artfully blends discussions of the Jewish community's proactive impact on the city's development with their reactions to events local, national, and international. She vividly highlights their roles in and responses to the Civil War, late nineteenth-century immigration, Zionism, the World Wars, the Holocaust, and the civil rights movement. The result is an important work of Jewish, American, and Southern religious history.

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Imprint: Mercer University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 1999
First published: February 1999
Authors: Selma S Lewis
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 245
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-86554-602-8
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion
LSN: 0-86554-602-9
Barcode: 9780865546028

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