Jewish Travellers in the Middle Ages 19 Firsthand Accounts

Fascinating narratives by Benjamin of Tudela, Eldad the Danite, other scholars, merchants, pilgrims, etc. Illustrated.

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
"EGINHARD OF FRANCONIA, A.D. 801"
"IBN KHORDÂDHBEH, c. 817"
"ELDAD THE DANITE, c. A.D. 880"
"THE EPISTLE OF R. CHISDAI IBN SHAPRUT TO THE KING OF THE KHOZARS AND THE KING'S REPLY, c. 960"
"JUDAH HALEVI, 1085-1140"
"BENJAMIN OF TUDELA, 1165-73"
"RABBI PETACHIA OF RATISBON, 1170-87"
RABBI JACOB BEN R. NATHANIEL HA COHEN. TWELFTH CENTURY
THE CAIRO GENIZA. THIRTEENTH CENTURY
ITINERARY OF RABBI SAMUEL BEN SAMSON IN 1210
"JUDAH-AL-HARIZI, c. 1216"
"RABBI JACOB, THE MESSENGER OF RABBI JECHIEL OF PARIS, 1238-44"
"ISAAC BEN JOSEPH IBN CHELO. THE ROADS FROM JERUSALEM, 1334"
"ELIJAH OF FERRARA, 1434"
"RABBI MESHULLAM BEN R. MENAHEM OF VOLTERRA, 1481. I. II"
"OBADIAH DA BERTINORO, 1487-90"
"DAVID REUBENI, 1523-27"
"JEMSEL THE KARAÏTE, 1641"
"DAVID AZULAI, 1755"
NOTES
INDEX