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November 28, 2023

A Medieval German Jew Visits Eastern Europe and Iraq

Petahiah of Regensburg at the tomb of Ezekiel.

Two weeks ago, I recommended an article by Tamar Marvin about the great medieval Jewish travel writer Benjamin of Tudela. Marvin has since followed up with a piece about the less renowned, but no less fascinating, adventurer Petahiah of Regensburg, who seems to have recounted his journeys to a distinguished German rabbi who then transformed them into a book:

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November 28, 2023

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