LA ALTERIDAD RELIGIOSA Y ÉTNICA EN LOS ESCRITOS DE VIAJES
Judíos, Cristianos y Musulmanes de Siria-Palestina (siglos XII-XVII) Ref. FFI2010-16633
Joseph de Montagna's
Letter from Jerusalem (1481)
This letter was sent from Jerusalem to his children in Lombardy region (North Italy) in the end of 1480. In this letter he briefly describes his land journey from Beirut (in Syria) to Jerusalem in that year. From Beirut he went to Damascus. From there he traveled after a short while to the Land of Israel via Golan highs and acrossed over the Jordan River in his way to Safed. From Safed he journeyed to south ward on the Samaria and Judea mountains to Jerusalem. In his letter he mentions some interesting geographical details in some localities he passed in his way to Jerusalem. He also mentions some traditions of holy graves, mainly of Biblical figures which were located in his route to Jerusalem and within the town. He immediately became the main figure in the Jerusalemite Jewish community leadership.
Manuscripts
- 1. Oxford – Bodleian Library Opp. Add. 40 178 (Neubauer 2585), pp. 92r-92v.
- 2. Warsaw – Zydowski Instytut Historyczny (Jewish Historical Institute) 253, pp. 120r-120v.
Editions
- מכתב מסע משנת רמ"א, edited by A. M. Luntz, Jerusalem, 6 (1904), pp. 336-338.
- טופס הכתב ששלח כמ' יוסף מנטבייא האשכנזי מירושלים ללונברדיאה משנת רמ"א, edited by A. M. Luntz, ha-Meamer, 3 (1920), pp. 89-92.
- A.Yaari, Iggrot Eretz-Israel, Jerusalem 1943, pp. 89-93. Second edition, Ramat-Gan 1971.
- A critical edition by A. David, Shaalu Shelom Yerushalayim, Tel-Aviv 2003, pp. 111-119.
Translated editions
- J. R. Magdalena Nom de De'o, Relatos de viajes y epístolas de peregrinos judíos a Jerusalén (1481-1523), Barcelona 1987, pp. 95-100.
- D. Bousek, Dopis Rabi Ovadji otci a dalsi Hebrejke renesanci cestopisi, Praha 2004, pp. 19-23.
Spanish
Czech
Studies bibliography
- ש. ח. קוק, ר' יוסף דמונטנייא אשכנזי פרנס בירושלים, ציון, א (תרצ"ו), עמ' 255-256.
- ש. ח. קוק, עיונים ומחקרים, ב, ירושלים תשכ"ג, עמ' 303-305.
