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Title: The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela

Author: Benjamin of Tudela

Release Date: February 8, 2005 [EBook #14981]

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THE ITINERARY
OF
BENJAMIN OF TUDELA

CRITICAL TEXT, TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY
BY
MARCUS NATHAN ADLER, M.A.

PHILIPP FELDHEIM, INC
THE HOUSE OF THE JEWISH BOOK
NEW YORK

FIRST EDITION: LONDON 1907

_published by_
PHILIPP FELDHEIM, Inc.
96 East Broadway
New York, N.Y.10002

PRINTED IN JERUSALEM ISRAEL BY S. MONSON

DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
MORITZ STEINSCHNEIDER

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Map showing Benjamin's route ... to face title page

INTRODUCTION

I. Islam in the Middle Ages

II. The Object of Benjamin's Journey

III. Bibliography ... xiii

THE ITINERARY

Translation of Hebrew Introduction

_EUROPE_.

Saragossa, Barcelona, Narbonne

Beziers, Montpellier, Lunel

Posquieres, Bourg de St. Gilles, Arles, Marseilles

Genoa, Pisa, Lucca

Rome.

Naples, Sorrento, Salerno

Amalfi, Benevento, Melfi, Ascoli, Trani, Taranto, Brindisi

Corfu, Arta, Patras, Lepanto, Crissa, Corinth, Thebes

Wallachia, Armylo, Vissena, Salonica, Abydos.

Constantinople

Rhaedestus, Gallipoli, Chios, Samos, Rhodes

_ASIA_.

Cyprus, Curicus, Malmistras, Antioch

Antioch, Ladikiya, Gebela, the Hashishim

Kadmus, Tarabulus (Tripolis), Gubail (Byblus)

Beirut, Sidon, the Druses, Tyre

Acre, Haifa, Carmel.

Caesarea, Ludd, Samaria, Nablous.

The Samaritans

Jerusalem

Bethlehem, Hebron

Beit Jibrin, Shiloh, Ramah

Gibeah, Nob, Ramleh, Jaffa

Askelon, Jezreel, Sepphoris, Tiberias

Meron, Kedesh Naphtali, Banias

Damascus

Galid, Salchah

Baalbec, Tadmor, Emesa, Hatnath

Sheizar, Aleppo, Kalat Jabar, Rakka

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