The first comprehensive investigation of premodern Jewish travel writing about the Islamic world, Reorienting the East examines Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic travel accounts from the mid-twelfth to the early sixteenth centuries that subvert, or reorient a decidedly Christian vision of the region and reflect changing Jewish self-perceptions.
The first comprehensive investigation of premodern Jewish travel writing about the Islamic world, Reorienting the East examines Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic travel accounts from the mid-twelfth to the early sixteenth centuries that subvert, or reorient a decidedly Christian vision of the region and reflect changing Jewish self-perceptions.
Martin Jacobs is Associate Professor of Rabbinic Studies in the Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Maps A Note on Translations and Transliterations List of Abbreviations Introduction PART I. TRAVELS AND TRAVEL NARRATIVES Chapter 1. Medieval Jewish Travelers and Their Writings Chapter 2. Travel Motivations: Pilgrimage and Trade Chapter 3. Levantine Journeys: Choices and Challenges PART II. TERRITORY AND PLACE Chapter 4. Facing a Gentile Land of Israel Chapter 5. Medieval Mingling at Holy Tombs Chapter 6. Marvels of Muslim Metropolises PART III. ENCOUNTERING THE OTHER Chapter 7. Ishmaelites and Edomites: Muslims and Christians Chapter 8. Near Eastern Jews: Brothers or Strangers? Chapter 9. Karaites, Samaritans, and Lost Tribes Chapter 10. Assassins, Blacks, and Veiled Women Conclusion Chronology of Travelers and Works Glossary Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Maps A Note on Translations and Transliterations List of Abbreviations Introduction PART I. TRAVELS AND TRAVEL NARRATIVES Chapter 1. Medieval Jewish Travelers and Their Writings Chapter 2. Travel Motivations: Pilgrimage and Trade Chapter 3. Levantine Journeys: Choices and Challenges PART II. TERRITORY AND PLACE Chapter 4. Facing a Gentile Land of Israel Chapter 5. Medieval Mingling at Holy Tombs Chapter 6. Marvels of Muslim Metropolises PART III. ENCOUNTERING THE OTHER Chapter 7. Ishmaelites and Edomites: Muslims and Christians Chapter 8. Near Eastern Jews: Brothers or Strangers? Chapter 9. Karaites, Samaritans, and Lost Tribes Chapter 10. Assassins, Blacks, and Veiled Women Conclusion Chronology of Travelers and Works Glossary Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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