From Jerusalem to Delhi, through Persia / / Susan Adelman.
Why are Jews so attracted to India, to Hinduism, and to Buddhism in the United States as well as Israel? They travel there by the thousands, attracted by the exoticism of course, but, Adelman believes, also drawn by an atavistic connection, dating back to the great Persian empires that extended from...
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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE. MY INDIA
- CHAPTER TWO. THE JEWS OF INDIA
- CHAPTER THREE. THE MODERN WANDERING JEW
- CHAPTER FOUR. IN ISRAEL
- CHAPTER FIVE. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TIES
- CHAPTER SIX. ANCIENT CONNECTIONS, ANCIENT EMPIRES
- CHAPTER SEVEN. ISLAM ARRIVES
- CHAPTER EIGHT. SO MANY PERSIAN RELIGIONS
- CHAPTER NINE. ZOROASTRIANISM, PARSIS AND MORE
- CHAPTER TEN. HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM
- CHAPTER ELEVEN. JUDAISM
- CHAPTER TWELVE. JUDAISM AND ZOROASTRIANISM
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. ZOROASTRIANISM AND HINDUISM
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN. SO MANY TRAVELS AND COMMONALITIES
- CHAPTER FIFTEEN. MYSTIC CONNECTIONS AND THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY
- CHAPTER SIXTEEN. WHAT ARE JEWS RUNNING FROM AND WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR?
- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. EPILOGUE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX