Medieval Hebrew with an Survey and Descriptions

Absorbing! Horne in Medieval Hebrew with an historical survey and descriptions translates Midrash texts and documents a 12th century Jewish traveler’s experiences in the Middle East, including informal Jewish population census data. Since Rome destroyed Jerusalem in 70 AD the Hebrew nation disappeared, producing no transcendent religious works like the Bible and Talmud since the fifth century. Yet, Hebrew tradition has the Midrash, (explanation) encompassing all the Jewish religious works since the Bible, reviewing the past and the Kabbalah, the more recent mysterious and condensed Hebraic beliefs, exploring eternity.