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JEWISH LITERATURE
our survey must turn finally to N. H. Wessely, who in 1782 for the first time maintained the importance of the study of geography in Jewish school education. The works of the past, with their consoling legends and hopes, continued to hold a place in the heart of Jewish readers. But from Wessely’s time onwards a long series of Jewish explorers and travellers have joined the ranks of those who have opened up for modern times a real knowledge of the globe.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Steinschneider.—Jewish Literature, p. 80.
A. Neubauer.—Series of Articles entitled Where are the Ten Tribes, J. Q. R., Vol. I.
Benjamin of Tudela.
- A. Asher.—The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (with English translation and appendix by Zunz. London, 1840-1).
Petachiah of Ratisbon.
- A. Benisch.—Travels of Petachia of Ratisbon (with English translation. London, 1856).
Abraham Farissol.
- Graetz.—IV, p. 413 [440].
David Reureni.
- Graetz—IV, p. 491 [523].
H. Wessely.
- Graetz.—V, p. 366 [388].
