Travels of Rabbi Petachia of Ratisbon
Subtitle: who, in the latter end of the twelfth century, visited Poland, Russia, Little Tartary, the Crimea, Armenia, Assyria, Syria, the Holy Land, and Greece
By: ; by Judah b. Samuel he-Hasid ; edited and translated by Abraham Benisch ; in collaboration with William F. Ainsworth
Contributors: Pethahiah, of Regensburg, active 1175-1190; Benisch, A. (Abraham), 1811-1878; Ainsworth, William, 1807-1896
Series: Gorgias historic travels in the cradle of civilization -- 31; Gorgias historic travels in the cradle of civilization -- 31.
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Piscataway
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9781611439113
Subjects: Voyages and travels; Early works to 1800; Jews; Social life and customs; Description and travel
Description: "This text narrates the travels of Rabbi Petachia, a medieval rabbi from Regensburg, Germany, who sets out to see the Middle East. He travels through Prague, Russia, and Armenia to reach Baghdad, Susa, and Palestine, returning through Constantinople. He tells of the synagogues he visited, the wonders he saw (including the tombs of Ezra and Ezekiel), and those he heard about (including the realm of Magog and the river which does not flow on the Sabbath), which are carefully distinguished. The years of the travel are not precisely stated, but he came to Baghdad after 1180, and he visited Jerusalem under the Crusaders, who were expelled in 1187. This text, compiled from Petachia's notes by Judah the Pious, also of Regensburg, has extensive annotation by the translator and William F. Ainsworth, secretary of the Syro-Egyptian Society."--Back cover.
Notes: Facsimile reprint of: London : Trubner, 1856.