Portraying the Land: Hebrew Maps of the Land of Israel from Rashi to the Early 20th Century

Rehav Rubin

Published by De Gruyter 2018

Portraying the Land

Hebrew Maps of the Land of Israel from Rashi to the Early 20th Century

Rehav Rubin

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110570656

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About this book

Co-publication with Magnes Press

The book presents and discusses a large corpus of Jewish maps of the Holy Land that were drawn by Jewish scholars from the 11^th to the 20^th 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.

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Rehav Rubin, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
List of the Maps Presented in the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
1. Rashi and His Maps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Following in Rashi’s Footsteps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
3. Between Jewish and Christian Maps: The Sixteenth-Century Map of the Israelites’ Peregrinations from Mantua Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
4. Following in the Footsteps of Christian Cartographers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	102
5. The Debut of the Tribal Allotments on the Traditional Hebrew Map Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
6. Cartographic Tableaux of the Holy Places Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	204
7. From Tradition to Modernity—the Hebrew Map between the Nineteenth Century and Early Twentieth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Cartographic Material Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Original publisher: Magnes Press
Audience: All those interested in history of cartography, Jewish studies, historical geography, history of the Holy Land
Pages
- Front matter: 25
- Main content: 326
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 85
- Coloured Illustrations: 50
Keywords: History of Cartography; The Holy Land; Hebrew-Jewish maps

eBook

Published: May 22, 2018
ISBN: 9783110570656

Hardcover

Published: May 22, 2018
ISBN: 9783110564532

Paperback

Published: December 2, 2019
ISBN: 9783110683202