America and the Holy Land

MOSHE DAVIS is Founding Head of the Institute of Contemporary Jewry at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Stephen S. Wise Professor Emeritus in American Jewish History and Institutions. He is Chairman, Governing Council of the International Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization under the aegis of the Israeli Presidency. An authority on contemporary Jewish life, Professor Davis specializes in the field of American Judaism. He is Project Director and General Editor of American-Holy Land Studies. His publications include: The Emergence of Conservative Judaismwish Religious Life and Institutions in Americae Shaping of American Judaism (Hebrew). He is the author of numerous articles and editor of several series of publications, among them 13 volumes of World Jewry and the State of Israel.

• IntroductionAmerica-Holy Land Studies as a Field of Scholarly InquiryZion in America's Faith: The Holy Land in American Spiritual HistoryJewish Distinctiveness within the American Tradition: The Eretz Israel DimensionAmerican Christian Devotees in the Holy LandRepresentative Jewish Personalities: Isaac Leeser of the Historical SchoolAbraham I. Rice, Pioneer of Orthodoxy in AmericaSir Moses Montefiore, American Jewry's Ideal"Names on the Land": Biblical Place-Names in America (with maps)American Names in Zion (with maps)Rediscovery of The Holy Land: Choice Readings: An Annotated RecordIndex