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Reorienting the East : Jewish travelers to the medieval Muslim world / / Martin Jacobs



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Autore: Jacobs Martin <1963-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Reorienting the East : Jewish travelers to the medieval Muslim world / / Martin Jacobs Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2014
©2014
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (345 p.)
Disciplina: 915.604/14089924
Soggetto topico: Jews - Travel - History
Jewish travelers - History
Travelers' writings, Hebrew - Early works to 1800 - History and criticism
Travel, Medieval - Early works to 1800 - History and criticism
Jews - Islamic Empire - History
Soggetto geografico: Palestine Description and travel Early works to 1800
Middle East Description and travel Early works to 1800
Soggetto non controllato: African Studies
Asian Studies
Jewish Studies
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Middle Eastern Studies
Religion
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- CONTENTS -- A Note on Translations and Transliterations -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Medieval Jewish Travelers and Their Writings -- Chapter 2. Travel Motivations: Pilgrimage and Trade -- Chapter 3. Levantine Journeys: Choices and Challenges -- Chapter 4. Facing a Gentile Land of Israel -- Chapter 5. Medieval Mingling at Holy Tombs -- Chapter 6. Marvels of Muslim Metropolises -- Chapter 7. Ishmaelites and Edomites: Muslims and Christians -- Chapter 8. Near Eastern Jews: Brothers or Strangers? -- Chapter 9. Karaites, Samaritans, and Lost Tribes -- Chapter 10. Assassins, Blacks, and Veiled Women -- Conclusion -- Chronology of Travelers and Works -- Glossary -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Sommario/riassunto: Reorienting 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Reorienting the East  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8122-9001-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910786889603321
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Serie: Jewish culture and contexts.