Estori ha-Parchi
Estori ha-Parchi ( Hebrew אֶשְׁתוֹרִי הַפַּרְחִי Eštōrī haParchī ; * around 1282 in Florenzia , Spain ; † around 1357 in Palestine ) was the first Jewish explorer of the Palestinian topography . His nickname ha-Parchi can be interpreted as "the one from Florenzia".
After the Jews were expelled from France in 1306 , he lived in Bet She'an , from where he provided one of the most important descriptions of the medieval place, whose former importance was no longer recognizable. His best-known work is kaftor wa-ferach ("Knauf und Blume"), including about Palestinian localization. The title of the work is an allusion to the name of the author ("Parchi" is the adjective to "Perach", flower).
expenditure
- Bernard Zolty (ed.): Estori Ha-Parhi: Caftor wa-ferah. Introduction, traduction française, notes. Paris n.d. [2003].
literature
- Elkan Nathan Adler : Jewish Travelers. 1930
- Richard Gottheil and M. Franco: Farḥi (Parḥi), Estori. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Volume 5, New York and London 1903, p. 343 ( digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Parchi, Estori ha- |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Farchi, eschtori |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Geographer in Palestine |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1282 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florenzia , Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1357 |
| Place of death | Palestine |