LEADER 04859nam 2200757 450 001 9910465797703321 005 20210427023434.0 010 $a0-8122-9001-1 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812290011 035 $a(CKB)3710000000224143 035 $a(OCoLC)891398218 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10909216 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001340692 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11784104 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001340692 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11381111 035 $a(PQKB)11743247 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442407 035 $a(OCoLC)890533782 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35440 035 $a(DE-B1597)449871 035 $a(OCoLC)1004884024 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812290011 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442407 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10909216 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682591 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000224143 100 $a20140830h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReorienting the East $eJewish travelers to the medieval Muslim world /$fMartin Jacobs 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (345 p.) 225 1 $aJewish Culture and Contexts 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-322-51309-0 311 0 $a0-8122-4622-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tA Note on Translations and Transliterations --$tList of Abbreviations --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. Medieval Jewish Travelers and Their Writings --$tChapter 2. Travel Motivations: Pilgrimage and Trade --$tChapter 3. Levantine Journeys: Choices and Challenges --$tChapter 4. Facing a Gentile Land of Israel --$tChapter 5. Medieval Mingling at Holy Tombs --$tChapter 6. Marvels of Muslim Metropolises --$tChapter 7. Ishmaelites and Edomites: Muslims and Christians --$tChapter 8. Near Eastern Jews: Brothers or Strangers? --$tChapter 9. Karaites, Samaritans, and Lost Tribes --$tChapter 10. Assassins, Blacks, and Veiled Women --$tConclusion --$tChronology of Travelers and Works --$tGlossary --$tNotes --$tSelected Bibliography --$tIndex --$tAcknowledgments 330 $aReorienting the East explores the Islamic world as it was encountered, envisioned, and elaborated by Jewish travelers from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. The first comprehensive investigation of Jewish travel writing from this era, this study engages with questions raised by postcolonial studies and contributes to the debate over the nature and history of Orientalism as defined by Edward Said. Examining two dozen Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic travel accounts from the mid-twelfth to the early sixteenth centuries, Martin Jacobs asks whether Jewish travelers shared Western perceptions of the Islamic world with their Christian counterparts. Most Jews who detailed their journeys during this period hailed from Christian lands and many sailed to the Eastern Mediterranean aboard Christian-owned vessels. Yet Jacobs finds that their descriptions of the Near East subvert or reorient a decidedly Christian vision of the region. The accounts from the crusader era, in particular, are often critical of the Christian church and present glowing portraits of Muslim-Jewish relations. By contrast, some of the later travelers discussed in the book express condescending attitudes toward Islam, Muslims, and Near Eastern Jews. Placing shifting perspectives on the Muslim world in their historical, social, and literary contexts, Jacobs interprets these texts as mirrors of changing Jewish self-perceptions. As he argues, the travel accounts echo the various ways in which premodern Jews negotiated their mingled identities, which were neither exclusively Western nor entirely Eastern. 410 0$aJewish culture and contexts. 606 $aJews$xTravel$xHistory$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aJewish travelers$xHistory$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aTravelers' writings, Hebrew$xEarly works to 1800$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTravel, Medieval$xEarly works to 1800$xHistory and criticism 606 $aJews$zIslamic Empire$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aJews$xTravel$xHistory 615 0$aJewish travelers$xHistory 615 0$aTravelers' writings, Hebrew$xEarly works to 1800$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTravel, Medieval$xEarly works to 1800$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aJews$xHistory. 676 $a915.604/14089924 700 $aJacobs$b Martin$f1963-$01033013 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465797703321 996 $aReorienting the East$92451230 997 $aUNINA