Petachja from Regensburg
Petachja from Regensburg (* in Prague 12th century; Petachia von Regensburg , Petachja ben Jacob from Regensburg ) was a Jewish traveler in the Middle Ages .
Before 1187 he set out from Regensburg via Prague , Poland , Kiev , the Crimea (from whose Karaites he brings valuable information), then via Armenia , Mosul and Baghdad a journey to the Persian Susa . The way back took him through Palestine and Greece .
He was particularly interested in Jewish life and the Jewish graves of saints. After his return, several authors, including Jehuda ben Samuel , wrote the travel report Sibbuv (circumnavigation) on the basis of Petachja's notes (but abridged ), which was first printed in Prague in 1595 and had a further 24 editions. The script was translated into several other languages, and a Hebrew-German edition was published in 1905.
expenditure
- Sibbuv (orbit). Prague 1595.
- Travels of Petachia of Ratisbon . With English translation by A. Benisch. Trubner, London 1856, online .
- Lazar Grünhut (ed.): The round trip of Rabbii Petachja from Regensburg . Frankfurt 1904/1905.
literature
- Stefan Schreiner (ed.): Benjamin von Tudela , Petachja von Regensburg: Jewish journeys in the Middle Ages. Dieterich Collection, Leipzig 1991, ISBN 3735001408 .
- Annelies Kuyt: The world from a Sephardic and Ashkenazi point of view: The medieval Hebrew travel reports of Benjamin of Tudela and of Petachja of Regensburg. In: Xenja von Ertzdorff-Kupffer (ed.): Exploration and description of the world. Amsterdam 2003, ISBN 9789042010048 , pp. 211-231.
- Elkan Nathan Adler: Jewish Travelers. A Treasury of Travelogues from 9 Centuries. London 1930, New York 1966.
- Avraham Yaari: PETHAHIAH OF REGENSBURG. In: Encyclopaedia Judaica . 2nd Edition. Volume 16, Detroit / New York a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-0-02-865944-2 , p. 16 (English).
Web links
- Wilhelm Bacher, Schulim Ochser: PETHAHIAH B. JACOB HA-LABAN. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
- Petaiah ben Jacob ha-Laban de Ratisbona in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petachja from Regensburg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Petaiah ben Jacob ha-Laban de Ratisbona |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | jewish traveler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | 12th century or 13th century |