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Reorienting the East: Jewish Travelers to the Medieval Muslim World

Book information

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9780812290011
DOI
10.9783/9780812290011
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4725252 bytes)
Pages
344\345
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-26 19:38:19

Description

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.

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