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I, David, son of King Solomon of blessed memory, from the Khibur Desert, arrived at the gate of the State of Rome on the fifteenth day of the month of First Adar in the year 5584 [1524]. A…

Contributor:

David ha-Reuveni

Places:

Rome, Papal States (Rome, Italy)

Date:

1520s

Subjects:

Messianism, Christian-Jewish relations, Community, Cities, Prophets & prophecy, (Auto)biography

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Firsthand accounts, (Auto)biography
Masa‘ot erets Yisra’el (Travels in the Land of Israel)
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Safed is in the upper Galilee, in the Naftali region, with the bulk of the city atop the mountain. Surrounding the city’s mountain are some four mountains; on two of them, all the people are…

Contributor:

Moses Basola

Places:

Ancona, Papal States (Ancona, Italy)

Date:

1521–1523

Subjects:

Travel, Cities, Economic life, Synagogue, Israel/Israelis, Journalism

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Travel Writing, Reportage