Jewish Travellers

Elkan Nathan Adler

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Routledge
04 March 2015

Jewish studies; Classic travel writing

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First published in 1930. The wandering Jew is a very real character in the great drama of history. He has travelled as nomad and settler, as fugitive and conqueror, as exile and colonist and as merchant and scholar. Of necessity bilingual and therefore the master of many languages, the Jew was the ideal commercial traveller and interpreter. Based on the volume of 24 Hebrew texts of Jewish travellers by J D Eisenstein, this volume begins with the ninth century. After the sixteenth century geographical discoveries had made the whole world familiar to most people. Consequently, the wandering Jew becomes less the diplomatist or scientist but still remains a link between the scattered members of the Diaspora. The volume ends in the middle of the eighteenth century and taken as a whole provides a survey of Jewish travel during the Middle Ages. For this translation, some of the texts have been abridged, whilst retaining many of the original notes.

Edited by: Elkan Nathan Adler
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: abridged edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 522g
ISBN: 9781138878983
ISBN 10: 1138878987
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 04 March 2015
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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Jewish Travellers

Elkan Nathan Adler

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