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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

Posquières, 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