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Portraying the Land - by Rehav Rubin (Paperback)

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  • The book presents and discusses a large corpus of Jewish maps of the Holy Land that were drawn by Jewish scholars from the 11th to the 20th century, and thus fills a significant lacuna both in the history of cartography and in Jewish studies.
  • About the Author: Rehav Rubin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
  • 351 Pages
  • History, Jewish

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About the Book



Jewish maps of the Holy Land have been drawn by Jewish scholars as part of biblical and rabbinical literature and within early modern Jewish scholarship, but their development has been neglected in scientific literature. This book fills the lacuna.



Book Synopsis



The book presents and discusses a large corpus of Jewish maps of the Holy Land that were drawn by Jewish scholars from the 11th to the 20th century, and thus fills a significant lacuna both in the history of cartography and in Jewish studies.

The maps depict the biblical borders of the Holy Land, the allotments of the tribes, and the forty years of wanderings in the desert. Most of these maps are in Hebrew although there are several in Yiddish, Ladino and in European languages.

The book focuses on four aspects: it presents an up-to-date corpus of known maps of various types and genres; it suggests a classification of these maps according to their source, shape and content; it presents and analyses the main topics that were depicted in the maps; and it puts the maps in their historical and cultural contexts, both within the Jewish world and the sphere of European cartography of their time.

The book is an innovative contribution to the fields of history of cartography and Jewish studies. It is written for both professional readers and the general public. The Hebrew edition (2014), won the Izhak Ben-Zvi Prize.



From the Back Cover



Jewish maps of the Holy Land were drawn by Jewish scholars as part of biblical and rabbinical literature and within early modern Jewish scholarship. The development of these maps has never been discussed in scientific literature and the book fills this lacuna. It tracks two parallel courses of development: Traditional depictions of the borders of the Holy Land in simple sketches following Rahi's tradition, and artistic pictorial maps which followed European-Christian models.



About the Author



Rehav Rubin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.61 Inches (H) x 6.69 Inches (W) x .74 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.24 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 351
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Jewish
Publisher: De Gruyter
Format: Paperback
Author: Rehav Rubin
Language: English
Street Date: December 2, 2019
TCIN: 1003139953
UPC: 9783110683202
Item Number (DPCI): 247-19-3396
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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