The Itinerary of Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela. I. Text, Bibliography and Translation PDF
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THE ITINERARY 0 F BENJAMIN OF TUDELA. THE ITINERARY OF RABBI BENJAMIN OF TUDELA. TRANSLATED AND EDITED £clol.phJ A. ASHER. V0L. I. TEXT, BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND TRANSLATION. LONDON AND BERLIN A. A S H E R * CO. 1840. PRO TED BY JULIES BITTEKFBLD. TO HIS EXCELLENCY B A R O N ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT THIS WORK WITH HIS KIND PERMISSION IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED. J CONTENTS OF THE ENGLISH PORTION OF THIS VOLUME. Bibliography I. Editions in Hebrew only . . . 1 H. Hebrew and Latin ............................ 9 III. L a tin .................................................... 11 IV. English.................................................... 14 V. French..........................................................22 VI. D u tch ..........................................................25 VII. Jewish-German.......................................25 Tte Itinerary Hebrew P reface............................................................29 E U R O P E . The author leaves Saragossa...................................31 Barcellona ..........................................................31. 32 Narbonne, Beziers............................................................32 Montpeillier, Lunel ......................................................33 Beaucaire................................................... 34 Bourg de St. G illes......................................................35 Arles, Marseilles.............................................................36 Genoa, P is a ...................................................................37 Lucca, R om e..................................................................38 Description of Rom e................................39—41 C apua................................................................................41 Sorrento..........................• .......................................42 Naples, Salerno, Amalfi................................................43 Bavento, Melii, Ascoli, T rani...................................44 Bari, Taranto, Brindisi, Otranto . . . . 45 VIII CONTENTS. Corfu.......................................................................45. 46 Arta, Achelous, Anatolica, Patras, Lepanto, Crissa 46 Corinth, Thebes, Negropont, Jabustrisa . . 47 Rabenica, Zeitun, Walachia.........................................48 Gardicki, Armiro, Bissina, Salunki . . . . 49 Mitrizzi, Drama, A b yd os.........................................50 Description op Constantinople . . 50—56 Rodosto, Gallipoli, Kilia, Mitilene . . . . 56 Chio, Samos, Rhodes, Cyprus...................................57 ASIA. Corycus................................................................................57 Tersoos, Antioch.............................................................58 Latachia, Jebilee............................................................59 Account of the Assasins................................................59 Tripoli, D jebail.............................................................60 Beyrut, Saida...................................................................61 Account of the Druses.................................61. 62 Tsour (Sidon)....................................................62. 63 Acre, Khaifa.........................................................................64 K’phar Thanchum, Ccsarea, Kakun, St. George Sebaste.........................................................................65 Nablous, Account of the Samaritans . . 66—68 Mount Gilboa, Gran David (Gib’on) . . . 68 Description of Jerushalaim (Jerusalem) 68— 75 Beth-Lechem...................................................................75 Chebron................................................................................76 Beith Jaberim...................................................................77 St. Samuel, Pesipua, Beith Nubi . . . . 78 Ramleh, Jaffa, Ibelin, Asdoud, Ascalon . . 79 St. George, Serain, Sufurieh.........................................80 Tiberias, Tebnin............................................................81 Gish, Meroon, Alma, Kades, Belinas . . . 82 Damascus . . . . . . . . 83— 86 CONTENTS. DC Jela’ad, Salkhat, Ba’a lb ek .........................................86 Thadmor, Cariateen.....................................................87 Hamah; Reiha, Aleppo; B ales..................................88 Kata' Jiaber, Racca , ...............................................89 Charan, Nisibin; Jezireh ben ,Omar . . . 90 Mosul and N iniveh......................................................91 Rahabab; Karkisia, Juba...............................................92 Chardah, ,Okbera............................................................93 Bagdad .......................................................... 93— 105 Gihiagin.............................................................................105 Babylon; Hillah . . . . . . . . . 106 Napacha..............................................................................107 Sepulchre of Jcheskel. (Ezekiel) . . 107— 110 Al-Kotsonaath; Ain Japhata . ....................................110 Kufa; Sura; SchaQathib . . . . . . . Ill El-Jubar.............................................................................112 , Thema (Arabia) .......................................112—114 Thanaejin................................ 114 Telmas; Chaibar..........................................................115 Wasetj Bassora, Samarra . . . . . . 116 Khuzestan; Shushan........................................................117 Shushan...............................................................118-120 Rudbar; Hoi wan; Mulehet............................................120 ,Am aria......................................................... 121.122 History of David El Roy . . . 122— 127 Hamadan............................................................................127 Dabaristao; Isbahan; Shiras; Giva; Samarkhand 128 Tibet, Khazvin...............................................................129 Expedition of the King of Persia against the Ghuz............................................130— 136 Island of Kish.............................................136. 137 El-Cathif, Pearl Fishery..........................137. 138 Chulam..........................................................138 — 141 X CONTENTS. Khandy........................................................141—143 Sea of Nikpha........................................ 143. 144 Gingaleb, Khulan, Sebid.......................................144 AFRICA. Nubia, Assuau.........................................................145 Chaluah...................................................................146 F^juhra, Mitsraim...................................................147 Mit9raim, T soan..................................147—153 Old-Mitsraim........................................................153 Belbeis, Sefita, Damira, Mahaleb............................154 Alexandria.............................................155—158 Damietta, Sunbat......................................158 .י Ailah.........................................................................159 EU ROP E. Sicily, Messina............................................ . 159 Palermo . .־ ................................................160 Catania, Trapani, Rome, Lucca . . . . . 161 Cologne, Germany.................................. 162.163 Bohemia, Sclavonia, France.................................164 France.........................................................................165
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