Making the Myth Real: The Genre of Hebrew Itineraries to the Holy Land in the 12th–13th Century

Autor:	Ayelet Oettinger
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Literature business.industry Hebrew media_common.quotation_subject Judaism Pilgrimage Mythology language.human_language Anthropology Reading (process) language Sociology business Conscience media_common
Zdroj:	Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore. 36:41-66
ISSN:	1406-0949 1406-0957
DOI:	10.7592/fejf2007.36.oettinger
Popis:	Medieval itineraries of pilgrimage to the Holy Land conveyed the collective conscience of the society for which they were written rather than the impressions of the individual author. The first Hebrew itineraries were written in the 12th century, probably following the contemporary Christian genre. Yet, despite the evident influence, the Jewish writers succeeded in adopting the Christian genre to the particular needs of their reading audience. This paper explores the characteristics of the Hebrew genre and how they served the pur- pose of making the myths real.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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