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Benjamin of Tudela explores the Sahara by camel Date: circa 1150 Stock Photo

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Benjamin of Tudela in the Desert of Sahara. Benjamin of Tudela (1130-1173) was a medieval Jewish traveler who visited Europe, Asia, and Africa in the 12th century. His vivid descriptions of western Asia preceded those of Marco Polo by a hundred years. With his broad education and vast knowledge of languages, Benjamin of Tudela is a major figure in medieval geography and Jewish history. from The Exploration of the World, Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Celebrated Voyages by Jules Verne nonfiction. Published in three volumes from 1878 to 1880, Celebrated Travels and Travelers is a history of Stock Photo

RF2HN5FY0–Benjamin of Tudela in the Desert of Sahara. Benjamin of Tudela (1130-1173) was a medieval Jewish traveler who visited Europe, Asia, and Africa in the 12th century. His vivid descriptions of western Asia preceded those of Marco Polo by a hundred years. With his broad education and vast knowledge of languages, Benjamin of Tudela is a major figure in medieval geography and Jewish history. from The Exploration of the World, Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Celebrated Voyages by Jules Verne nonfiction. Published in three volumes from 1878 to 1880, Celebrated Travels and Travelers is a history of

Benjamin of Tudela, 19th century illustration Stock Photo

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Frontispiece of The Hope of Israel and the The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela. Stock Photo

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RMK6Y5D2–Frontispiece of The Hope of Israel and the The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela

RF2HHP4RC–Benjamin of Tudela in the Desert of Sahara. Benjamin of Tudela (1130-1173) was a medieval Jewish traveler who visited Europe, Asia, and Africa in the 12th century. His vivid descriptions of western Asia preceded those of Marco Polo by a hundred years. With his broad education and vast knowledge of languages, Benjamin of Tudela is a major figure in medieval geography and Jewish history. from The Exploration of the World, Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Celebrated Voyages by Jules Verne nonfiction. Published in three volumes from 1878 to 1880, Celebrated Travels and Travelers is a history of

RMANHMC4–Tudela Explores Sahara

Arias Montano Portrait. Spanish orientalist and editor of the Antwerp Polyglot born in Fregenal de la Sierra, Extremasdura, Spain. Painted by Estevez Stock Photo

RFWBA13X–Arias Montano Portrait. Spanish orientalist and editor of the Antwerp Polyglot born in Fregenal de la Sierra, Extremasdura, Spain. Painted by Estevez

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Lod, Lydda ,Israel,A public fountain Stock Photo

RMC961HF–Lod, Lydda ,Israel,A public fountain

A dictionary of the Bible.. . with Christianitv and with the; Roman emperors, particularly in A. D.I 529. About this time they martyredChristians and destroyed churches.Justinian subdued them and slew many of the insurgents. During the Crusadesi they are not mentioned. In the twelfthcentury Benjamin of Tudela found aboutj a thousand adherents of the sect of the? Samaritans at Nabliis, and a few alsoI at Ascalon, Cassarea, and Damascus.During the sixteenth and seventeenthcenfuries various letters passed between| the Samaritans and Western scholars inregard to their Pentateuch. Present Condition Stock Photo

RM2AMYMA3–A dictionary of the Bible.. . with Christianitv and with the; Roman emperors, particularly in A. D.I 529. About this time they martyredChristians and destroyed churches.Justinian subdued them and slew many of the insurgents. During the Crusadesi they are not mentioned. In the twelfthcentury Benjamin of Tudela found aboutj a thousand adherents of the sect of the? Samaritans at Nabliis, and a few alsoI at Ascalon, Cassarea, and Damascus.During the sixteenth and seventeenthcenfuries various letters passed between| the Samaritans and Western scholars inregard to their Pentateuch. Present Condition

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Lod, Lydda ,Israel, the Church of St George Stock Photo

RMC9625C–Lod, Lydda ,Israel, the Church of St George

A history of Babylonia and Assyria . mply what he had heard from others con-cerning these ruins. Benjamin of Tudela wrote his narrative in He-brew. It was known to the learned during thethirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries,but was not printed until 1543, when it appearedat Constantinople in the rabbinic character. In1633 it appeared, with a Latin translation, atLeyden. It later appeared in English andFrench, and thus became known over a largepart of Europe. Though thus well known, thebook of Benjamin appears to have attracted noattention to the buried cities of Nineveh andBabylon. L Stock Photo

RM2ANAEMG–A history of Babylonia and Assyria . mply what he had heard from others con-cerning these ruins. Benjamin of Tudela wrote his narrative in He-brew. It was known to the learned during thethirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries,but was not printed until 1543, when it appearedat Constantinople in the rabbinic character. In1633 it appeared, with a Latin translation, atLeyden. It later appeared in English andFrench, and thus became known over a largepart of Europe. Though thus well known, thebook of Benjamin appears to have attracted noattention to the buried cities of Nineveh andBabylon. L

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RMC96221–Lod, Lydda ,Israel, The Church of St George

The Open court . Pakudathe moralist (1050-1100); Ibn Giath, cosmographer, astronomer,and philosopher; Ibn Gikatilla, the grammarian (1070-1100); IbnBalaam, commentator and philosopher (d. iioo); Moses ibn Ezra,the hymnist (d. 1139); Jehuda ha-Levi, the philosopher and poet(d. 1141); Abraham ibn Ezra, commentator, philosopher, and 34^ THE OPENfcOURT. poet (d. 1167); Jehuda al-Charizi, the Horace of Jewish poetry inSpain (d. 1230); Benjamin of Tudela, the traveler; Jehuda Tib-bon, the prince of translators (d. 1190); Isaac Alfasi, (d. 1089);Moses Maimonides, the greatest of all mediaeval rabbis Stock Photo

RM2AKYT6E–The Open court . Pakudathe moralist (1050-1100); Ibn Giath, cosmographer, astronomer,and philosopher; Ibn Gikatilla, the grammarian (1070-1100); IbnBalaam, commentator and philosopher (d. iioo); Moses ibn Ezra,the hymnist (d. 1139); Jehuda ha-Levi, the philosopher and poet(d. 1141); Abraham ibn Ezra, commentator, philosopher, and 34^ THE OPENfcOURT. poet (d. 1167); Jehuda al-Charizi, the Horace of Jewish poetry inSpain (d. 1230); Benjamin of Tudela, the traveler; Jehuda Tib-bon, the prince of translators (d. 1190); Isaac Alfasi, (d. 1089);Moses Maimonides, the greatest of all mediaeval rabbis

Benjamin of Tudela ms. Opp.Add. 8o 58 f. 1r. Stock Photo

RM2WM68MA–Benjamin of Tudela ms. Opp.Add. 8o 58 f. 1r.

RMC962HP–Lod, Lydda ,Israel, the Church of St George

. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. or raised upon enormous piers and buttresses ofbrickwork; and that the tombs, and any remains of buildingthat may exist on or near the present surface of the mound,are of a comparatively recent period. I will not attempt todecide whether Babel be the ruins of a great palace of Ne-buchadnezzar, of the celebrated hanging garden€, or of atemple. The Jews, in the time of Benjamin of Tudela, ap- 2S6 NINEVEH AND BABYLON. [Chap. pear to have believed it to be the ruins of the palace, andnear it Stock Photo

RM2CF5TP9–. Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851. or raised upon enormous piers and buttresses ofbrickwork; and that the tombs, and any remains of buildingthat may exist on or near the present surface of the mound,are of a comparatively recent period. I will not attempt todecide whether Babel be the ruins of a great palace of Ne-buchadnezzar, of the celebrated hanging garden€, or of atemple. The Jews, in the time of Benjamin of Tudela, ap- 2S6 NINEVEH AND BABYLON. [Chap. pear to have believed it to be the ruins of the palace, andnear it