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084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aJacobs, Martin _eautore
245	1	0	_aReorienting the East : _bJewish Travelers to the Medieval Muslim World / _cMartin Jacobs.
264		1	_aPhiladelphia : _bUniversity of Pennsylvania Press, _c[2014]
264		4	_c©2014
300			_a1 online resource (344 p.) : _b7 illus.
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	0		_aJewish Culture and Contexts
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tCONTENTS -- _tA Note on Translations and Transliterations -- _tList of Abbreviations -- _tIntroduction -- _tPart I. Travels and Travel Narratives -- _tChapter 1. Medieval Jewish Travelers and Their Writings -- _tChapter 2. Travel Motivations: Pilgrimage and Trade -- _tChapter 3. Levantine Journeys: Choices and Challenges -- _tPart II. Territory and Place -- _tChapter 4. Facing a Gentile Land of Israel -- _tChapter 5. Medieval Mingling at Holy Tombs -- _tChapter 6. Marvels of Muslim Metropolises -- _tPart III. Encountering the Other -- _tChapter 7. Ishmaelites and Edomites: Muslims and Christians -- _tChapter 8. Near Eastern Jews: Brothers or Strangers? -- _tChapter 9. Karaites, Samaritans, and Lost Tribes -- _tChapter 10. Assassins, Blacks, and Veiled Women -- _tConclusion -- _tChronology of Travelers and Works -- _tGlossary -- _tNotes -- _tSelected Bibliography -- _tIndex -- _tAcknowledgments
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aReorienting the East explores the Islamic world as it was encountered, envisioned, and elaborated by Jewish travelers from the Middle Ages to the early modern period. The first comprehensive investigation of Jewish travel writing from this era, this study engages with questions raised by postcolonial studies and contributes to the debate over the nature and history of Orientalism as defined by Edward Said.Examining two dozen Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic travel accounts from the mid-twelfth to the early sixteenth centuries, Martin Jacobs asks whether Jewish travelers shared Western perceptions of the Islamic world with their Christian counterparts. Most Jews who detailed their journeys during this period hailed from Christian lands and many sailed to the Eastern Mediterranean aboard Christian-owned vessels. Yet Jacobs finds that their descriptions of the Near East subvert or reorient a decidedly Christian vision of the region. The accounts from the crusader era, in particular, are often critical of the Christian church and present glowing portraits of Muslim-Jewish relations. By contrast, some of the later travelers discussed in the book express condescending attitudes toward Islam, Muslims, and Near Eastern Jews. Placing shifting perspectives on the Muslim world in their historical, social, and literary contexts, Jacobs interprets these texts as mirrors of changing Jewish self-perceptions. As he argues, the travel accounts echo the various ways in which premodern Jews negotiated their mingled identities, which were neither exclusively Western nor entirely Eastern.
530			_aIssued also in print.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650		4	_aMiddle Eastern.
650		7	_aLITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval. _2bisacsh
653			_aAfrican Studies.
653			_aAsian Studies.
653			_aJewish Studies.
653			_aMedieval and Renaissance Studies.
653			_aMiddle Eastern Studies.
653			_aReligion.
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.9783/9780812290011
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812290011
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