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Elliott Horowitz discusses letters by the fifteenth-century Jewish traveler, Obadiah of Bertinoro, who traveled from northern Italy to Jerusalem, as an example of early modern travel literature and encounters with different cultures.
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24-8-2004 4:00 PM
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24-8-2004 5:00 PM
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Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
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Letter from Jerusalem by Obadiah of Bertinoro (1488)
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Elliott Horowitz discusses letters by the fifteenth-century Jewish traveler, Obadiah of Bertinoro, who traveled from northern Italy to Jerusalem, as an example of early modern travel literature and encounters with different cultures.
