The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela

Benjamin Of Tudela

History

BiblioLife

Benjamin of Tudela, Spain, a famous world traveler of the 12th century [1173 C.E.] is considered by some modern historians as giving the most accurate description of every-day life in the Middle Ages. Written originally in Hebrew, it was translated into Latin and later became an extremely popular piece of Jewish literature in many languages. The modern reader might regard it as an exotic tale. But the author actually intended to give his contemporaries a factual account of his travels. 
What exactly did Benjamin plan to accomplish when he started out on his fantastic journey? At first, probably nothing but a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. which. despite the Crusades, retained a magic attraction for the pious Jew. A pilgrimage-an Aliyah-probably with the thought to stay there for the rest of his life. But the fact is that he did take the long road, stopping frequently, meeting people, visiting places, describing occupations and giving a demographic count of Jews in every town and country.

The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela: Travels in the Middle Ages

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

NightinGale Resources

The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela: Travels in the Middle Ages (English and Hebrew Edition)

World

Itinerarium D. Beniaminis Cum Versione Et Notis (1633) (Italian Edition)

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Religion & Spirituality

Kessinger Publishing

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Itinerarium Beniamini Tudelensis: In Quo Res Memorabiles Quas Ante Quadragentos Annos Totum Fere Terrarum Orbem Notatis Itineribus (1575) (Latin Edition)

Kessinger Publishing, LLC

Benjamin of Tudela (fl. 12th century) was a medieval Navarrese Jewish rabbi and explorer. In his journey he passed through large swathes of Europe, Asia, and Africa. His vivid descriptions of western Asia preceded those of Marco Polo by a hundred years. With his broad education and vast knowledge of languages, Benjamin of Tudela is a major figure in the history of geography and Judaism. He described his years abroad in a book, The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (1543). This book describes the countries he visited, with an emphasis on the Jewish communities, including their total populations and the names of notable community leaders. The book is also a reliable source about the geography and ethnography of the Middle Ages. Benjamin is noted for not only telling facts, but citing his sources; historians regard him as highly trustworthy. Originally written in Hebrew, it was translated Latin and later translated into most major European languages, receiving considerable attention in the sixteenth century.

The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (Dodo Press)

Travel

Dodo Press

This completely revised and updated edition presents texts written by medieval Christian, Muslim and Jewish travelers to the Holy Land, including: <ul>
<li>St. Jerome, The Pilgrimage of Holy Paula, c.382 CE</li> <li>Paula &amp; Eustochium, Letter to Marcella on the  Holy Places, 386</li> <li>Mukaddasi of Jerusalem, Description of Palestine, 985</li> <li>Diary of a Journey through Syria and Palestine, 1047</li> <li>Theoderich of Würzburg, Guide to the Holy Land, c.1172</li> <li>Benjamin of Tudela, Description of the Holy Land,  from his Itinerary, c.1173</li> </ul>
The Holy Land in the Middle Ages also features: <ul>
<li>over 400 pages</li> <li>nearly 100 black &amp; white and color photos, historical drawings, and prints</li> <li>7 building plans</li> <li>Gazetteer of places, buildings, and holy sites</li> <li>Gallery of 9 City Views of Jerusalem from the 6th to  the 16th century</li> <li>Gallery of 8 Maps of the Holy Land from c.1200 to 1630</li> <li>Maps of the Holy Land and Jerusalem</li> </ul>
In a region often caricatured by the images and rhetoric of crusade and jihad, it’s important to realize that through most of its medieval history the Holy Land was host to countless curious and devout travelers of all three faiths. They sailed to the same ports, walked and rode the same roads, lodged in the same cities and towns and visited and revered the same secular and sacred sites. The Holy Land in the Middle Ages offers important texts documenting these centuries of peaceful co-existence. There has been a revival of “crusade studies” in recent years, sometimes marked by contentious claims of “clash of civilizations,” the deeply violent nature of the religions of the book and the ineluctable structures of colonialism and militarism. But the following accounts offer a different narrative: of devotion that goes beyond religious labels, of a mixture of peoples and faiths that left room for curiosity and for a practical tolerance of the other. As the following pages reveal, the narrators of these works were less interested in issues of religious contention, territorial domination or cultural hegemony and more in the history, legends, art and architecture, the sounds, smells and tastes, the peoples, products and goods, and in the topography and sacred geography of the Holy Land. 410 pages. Index, bibliography. Over 100 illustrations in color and b&amp;w.

The Holy Land in the Middle Ages: Six Travelers' Accounts (Italica Press Historical Travel)

St. Jerome

Nâsir-I-Khusrau

Europe

Italica Press

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