{"product_id":"reorienting-the-east-jewish-travelers-to-the-medieval-muslim-world-jewish-culture-and-contexts-9780812246223","title":"Reorienting the East Jewish Travelers to the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReorienting the East \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the Islamic world as it was encountered, envisioned, and elaborated by Jewish travelers from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. The first comprehensive investigation of Jewish travel writing from this era, this study engages with questions raised by postcolonial studies and contributes to the debate over the nature and history of Orientalism as defined by Edward Said.\u003cbr\u003eExamining two dozen Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic travel accounts from the mid-twelfth to the early sixteenth centuries, Martin Jacobs asks whether Jewish travelers shared Western perceptions of the Islamic world with their Christian counterparts. Most Jews who detailed their journeys during this period hailed from Christian lands and many sailed to the Eastern Mediterranean aboard Christian-owned vessels. Yet Jacobs finds that their descriptions of the Near East subvert or reorient a decidedly Christian vision of the region. The accounts from the crusader era, in particular\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An original, comprehensive, and clear account of medieval and early modern Jewish travel writing. Martin Jacobs discusses all known relevant Jewish writings from the period, giving the textual history of each and often comparing them to contemporary Christian and Muslim texts. Any reader of this book will come away not only with a clear picture of Jewish travel writing but also with a good introduction to the main concerns of contemporary scholarship on medieval and early modern travel writing more generally.\" * Iain Macleod Higgins, University of Victoria *\u003cbr\u003e\"Impressive and unique. . . . A timely discussion of Jewish identity and reflections on self and 'other' in the premodern Islamic world. Jacobs clearly and cogently demonstrates the complexities of Jewish identity in the Mediterranean and the Islamic world.\" * Josef Meri, Centre of Islamic Studies, University of Cambridge *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaps\u003cbr\u003e A Note on Translations and Transliterations\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e PART I. TRAVELS AND TRAVEL NARRATIVES\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Medieval Jewish Travelers and Their Writings\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Travel Motivations: Pilgrimage and Trade\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Levantine Journeys: Choices and Challenges\u003cbr\u003e PART II. TERRITORY AND PLACE\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Facing a Gentile Land of Israel\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Medieval Mingling at Holy Tombs\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Marvels of Muslim Metropolises\u003cbr\u003e PART III. ENCOUNTERING THE OTHER\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Ishmaelites and Edomites: Muslims and Christians\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Near Eastern Jews: Brothers or Strangers?\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Karaites, Samaritans, and Lost Tribes\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. Assassins, Blacks, and Veiled Women\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Chronology of Travelers and Works\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405723836759,"sku":"9780812246223","price":52.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812246223.jpg?v=1730493397","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reorienting-the-east-jewish-travelers-to-the-medieval-muslim-world-jewish-culture-and-contexts-9780812246223","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}