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ID	7
Title	Masaos R' Binyomin MiTudela, The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela
Author	Binyomin MiTudela, Translated by Marcus Nathan Adler
City	London
Year	1907
Download	Download Sefer Description: Masaos Rabeinu Binyomin MiTudela is a travel diary of one of the great Rishonim, Rabeinu Binyomin from the city of Tudela that he recorded on his trip around then known world, that took place during the years 1165 - 1173. He journeyed from his native Navarre through the greater part of the then-known world. He visited about 300 cities including Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Damascus, Baghdad and beyond, meeting their Jewish communities and recording his impressions of their governments, customs, traditions, professions and products. He also discusses graves of tzadikim where he prayed, and the situation, boundaries and places in Eretz Yisroel as well as some halachos. The English translation, published under the title, The Intinerary of Benjamin of Tudela, is the first translation of this sefer by Dr. Marcus Nathan Adler published for the first time in 1840. This edition is the revised edition of the original translation republished with extensive notes in 1907 by the author. Adler's edition also contains the Hebrew original text with extensive notes in the back of the book. We have included an additional colored map of R' Binyomin's travels together with the English translation, besides the map of the region that came with this edition.
שנה	תרס"ז
עיר	לונדון
מחבר	בנימין מטודילה, מרדכי בן נתן אדלר
כותר	מסעות ר' בנימין מטודילה
Language	Hebrew, English
שפה	עברית, אנגלית
Description	Masaos Rabeinu Binyomin MiTudela is a travel diary of one of the great Rishonim, Rabeinu Binyomin from the city of Tudela that he recorded on his trip around then known world, that took place during the years 1165 - 1173. He journeyed from his native Navarre through the greater part of the then-known world. He visited about 300 cities including Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Damascus, Baghdad and beyond, meeting their Jewish communities and recording his impressions of their governments, customs, traditions, professions and products. He also discusses graves of tzadikim where he prayed, and the situation, boundaries and places in Eretz Yisroel as well as some halachos. The English translation, published under the title, The Intinerary of Benjamin of Tudela, is the first translation of this sefer by Dr. Marcus Nathan Adler published for the first time in 1840. This edition is the revised edition of the original translation republished with extensive notes in 1907 by the author. Adler's edition also contains the Hebrew original text with extensive notes in the back of the book. We have included an additional colored map of R' Binyomin's travels together with the English translation, besides the map of the region that came with this edition.
תאור
Topic	History, Biography
נושא	היסטוריה, ביוגרפיה