 | Reorienting the East: Jewish Travelers to the Medieval Muslim World Subjects: Jews -- Travel -- History -- Early works to 1800; Jewish travelers -- History -- Early works to 1800; Travelers’ writings Hebrew -- Early works to 1800 -- History and criticism; Travel Medieval -- Early works to 1800 -- History and criticism; Jews -- Is; The first comprehensive investigation of premodern Jewish travel writing about the Islamic world, Reorienting the East examines Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic travel accounts from the mid-twelfth to the early sixteenth centuries that subvert, or reorient a decidedly Christian vision of the region and reflect changing Jewish self-perceptions. Martin Jacobs is Associate Professor of Rabbinic Studies in the Department of Jewish, Islamic, and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at Washington University in St. Louis. |
