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Davis, Moshe was born on June 12, 1916 in Brooklyn. Son of William and Ida (Schenker) Davis.
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A narrative complement to Eyes Toward Zion, Volume II (Praeger, 1986), this important new volume presents a comparative analysis of the influence of the Holy Land on Western Societies. Researched and written by a distinguished team of international scholars, Eyes III illuminates both parallelisms and unique elements in the idea of the Holy Land in the United States, Canada, Iberoamerica, Great Britain, France, and Germany. The pervasive Holy Land influence in these countries and the unique elements inherent in each culture are perceived through four constructs: diplomatic policy, Christian devotion, Jewish attachments, and cultural ties. The editors and contributors provide a detailed examination of the political and economic interests of the Western societies in the Holy Land, the role of Zion in Christian denominations, the Land of Israel in Jewish tradition and communal life, and the effect of the Holy Land on Western literature, art, and pilgrimage. Part I analyzes North America's early involvement with Palestine, focusing particularly on the writings of early Christian travellers from the U.S. and the role these visitors played in forming America's concept of the Holy Land. A separate chapter compares and contrasts the U.S. and Canadian experience. Parts II and III examine the Iberoamerican and European experience. The long, wide ranging, and significant relationships between the Holy Land and France, Germany, and the Latin American Republics are fully explored. Focusing primarily on the nineteenth century, Part IV documents the sturdy Biblical-Holy Land-British bond. The chapters in this volume are replete with references to the writings of archaeologists, historians, scientists, biblical scholars, novelists, consuls, missionaries, tourists and, above all, settlers and builders of the Land - all attesting to the intrinsic place of the Holy Land in the world imagination.
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With Eyes Toward Zion II is a collection of papers by distinguished scholars who have set out to rediscover the Holy Land and what it means to America. They delve into the hundreds of books and pamphlets that have been written by archaeologists, historians, scientists, Biblical scholars, American consuls, novelists, missionaries, tourists, and, above all, settlers and builders of the land. What results is an overview of the relationship between the American people and the Holy Land until the birth of the State of Israel in 1948.
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The continuing relationship between America and the Holy Land has implications for American and Jewish history which extend beyond the historical narrative and interpretation. The devotion of Americans of all faiths to the Holy Land extends into the spiritual realm, and the Holy Land, in turn, penetrates American homes, patterns of faith, and education. In this book Davis illuminates the interconnection of Americans and the Holy Land in historical perspective, and delineates unique elements inherent in this relationship: the role of Zion in American spiritual history, in the Christian faith, in Jewish tradition and communal life, and the impress of Biblical place names on the map of America as well as American settlements and institutions in the State of Israel. The book concludes with an annotated select bibliography of primary sources on America and the Holy Land.
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This fifth volume of the With Eyes Toward Zion series brings together 19 internationally renowned scholars to interpret how Jerusalem returned to the world stage in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The rediscovery of the Holy Land coincided with the greatest era of Christian missions and the birth of Zionism, and the face of Jerusalem began to change markedly. This volume explores those changes, looking at the influx of travelers and explorers to the Holy Land, and the evolving theological concepts among the various religious groups. This discussion of the rediscovery of the Holy Land delves into an issue that is at the forefront of current world discussion: the meaning of Jerusalem to Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
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Davis, Moshe was born on June 12, 1916 in Brooklyn. Son of William and Ida (Schenker) Davis.
Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1937; Pd.B., Jewish Theological Seminary American, 1937; M.H.L., Jewish Theological Seminary American, 1942; Doctor of Philosophy, Hebrew U. Jerusalem, 1946; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute Religion, 1974; Doctor of Hebrew Literature (honorary), Jewish Theological Seminary American, 1986.
Rabbi, 1942;
registrar, Jewish Theological Seminary American, New York City, 1942-1945;
dean Teachers Institute, Jewish Theological Seminary American, New York City, 1945-1950;
provost, Jewish Theological Seminary American, New York City, 1950-1963;
director American Jewish History Center, Jewish Theological Seminary American, New York City, 1953-1965;
editor Regional History Series, Jewish Theological Seminary American, New York City, 1963-1978;
associate professor American Jewish history, Jewish Theological Seminary American, New York City, 1956-1963;
research professor, Jewish Theological Seminary American, New York City, since 1963;
founding head, Institute Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew U., Israel, since 1959;
visiting professor, Institute Contempory Jewry, Hebrew U. Jerusalem, Israel, 1959-1963;
associate professor American Jewish history, Institute Contempory Jewry, Hebrew U. Jerusalem, Israel, 1963-1970;
Stephen S. Wise professor American Jewish history and institutions, Institute Contempory Jewry, Hebrew U. Jerusalem, Israel, since 1970. Chairman International Center for University Teaching Jewish Civilization, 1980-1992,chairman governing county, since 1992. Visiting scholar universities in Latin American, United States, Canada, Europe.
Member of advisory committee Centre National des Hautes Etudes Juive, Brussels, 1962-1975. Chairman Israel President's Study Circle on World Jewry, 1966-1983, President's Continuing Seminar on World Jewry and State of Israel, 1973-1983. Committeeman Irving Neuman Hebrew Literature award Bar Ilan U., Israel.
Committee J. Machover Trust for Contemporary Jewish History, London. Member publication committee Jewish Publication Society.
( This fifth volume of the With Eyes Toward Zion series b...)
( A narrative complement to Eyes Toward Zion, Volume II (...)
( The continuing relationship between America and the Hol...)
( With Eyes Toward Zion II is a collection of papers by d...)
Member American Jewish History Society (honorary vice president), World Union of Jewish Studies (honorary member executive council).
Married Lottie Keiser, June 11, 1939. Children: Zev, Tamar.