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1 online resource (ix, 275 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-275). |
Summary |
Donato Manduzio was an illiterate Southern Italian peasant who only learned how to read and write at the age of thirty-two, while convalescing from a wound during the First World War. His subsequent reading of Scripture and the visions he experienced led him to turn to Judaism and to seek an official conversion for himself and seventy-odd followers. For twelve of the sixteen-year-long process, Manduzio wrote about his experiences. Although some excerpts from the Diary have been translated, the manuscript has remained unpublished either in Italian or in any other language up to this day. This b. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Language |
English translated from Italian. |
Subject |
Manduzio, Donato, 1885-1948 -- Diaries.
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Manduzio, Donato, 1885-1948 -- Religion.
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Jewish converts from Christianity -- Italy -- Sannicandro Garganico.
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Jewish converts from Christianity. |
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Italy -- Sannicandro Garganico. |
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Autobiography.
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Autobiography. |
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Jews -- Italy -- Sannicandro Garganico -- History -- 20th century.
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Jews. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Conversion -- Judaism -- History -- 20th century.
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Conversion -- Judaism. |
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Sannicandro Garganico (Italy) -- Religion.
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Sannicandro Garganico (Italy) -- Ethnic relations.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General. |
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General. |
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Religion: general. |
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Cultural studies. |
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History. |
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Ethnic relations. |
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Religion. |
Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Diaries.
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History.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Diaries.
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Added Author |
Serfaty, Viviane, editor, translator.
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Added Title |
Diaries. English
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Other Form: |
Print version: Manduzio, Donato, 1885-1948. Diaries. English. Donato Manduzio's diary, from church to synagogue. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017 1443812765 (OCoLC)962009166 |
ISBN |
9781443875608 (electronic book) |
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1443875600 (electronic book) |
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1443812765 |
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9781443812764 |
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