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024 7 _a10.31826/9781463246129
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781463246129
035 _a(DE-B1597)701948
035 _a(OCoLC)1457220346
040 _aDE-B1597
_beng
_cDE-B1597
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072 7 _aBIO002000
_2bisacsh
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aKiraz, George
_eautore
245 1 0 _aWater the Willow Tree (Arabic Edition) :
_bMemoirs of a Bethlehem Boyhood /
_cGeorge Kiraz.
264 1 _aPiscataway, NJ :
_bGorgias Press,
_c[2024]
264 4 _c2024
300 _a1 online resource (306 p.)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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_2rda
490 0 _aGorgias Handbooks ;
_v65
505 0 0 _tأميركا: الخاتمة --
_t٤. جوجو العلّامة --
_tBrüder JI --
_tPersönliche Notixen دفتر --
_t۳بيت لحم --
_t٢. " إِنْتَ إِبن مِينْ؟" --
_t١. أطول رحلة --
_tكلمة شكر --
_tالمقدمة --
_tالوارده
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
_fonline access with authorization
_2star
520 _aAn Arabic translation of George A. Kiraz's engaging first memoir. The story of a young Palestinian boy growing up in Bethlehem, fascinated with understanding his Syriac roots even as he drew steadily nearer to the day when he would inevitably be transplanted to the United States. George first traces his ancestors’ migration from Upper Mesopotamia—present-day Turkey—to Palestine in the aftermath of the horrific Sayfo genocide of 1915 (known more popularly as the Armenian genocide); in doing so, he provides a personal history of the Syriac presence in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. He then describes the realities of that presence through memories from his own boyhood, offering an intimate look at myriad aspects of Syriac life in Palestine in the 1970s and ’80s: church community and religious identity, brushes with ancient history and artifacts, conflicts with the Israeli occupation, fraught custodianship of Christian holy places in Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Readers will meet many of the community members who influenced and encouraged George in his nascent academic interests, and they will even learn about his father’s role in the legendary discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. George is known for his contributions to Syriac studies and to the preservation of the Syriac language and heritage. These tasks, though, are not just the sum of his professional CV; they are the story of his life, his ancestry, his family’s survival. This memoir chronicles his lifelong investment in the Syriac world and the childhood experiences that would later shape so much of his later academic life. Water the Willow Tree offers an illuminating account of a Bethlehem boyhood to readers with a range of interests; anyone interested in modern Syriac heritage and diaspora, the Sayfo genocide, Palestinian history, or religious pluralism and minority communities will be alternately informed, entertained, and moved by George’s story.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn Arabic.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Nov 2024)
650 4 _aBiography & Autobiography.
650 4 _aCultural Heritage.
650 7 _aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage.
_2bisacsh
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.31826/9781463246129
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463246129
856 4 2 _3Cover
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