First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
1. Place 2. Text 3. Relationship 4. Alienation 5. Sacred Sit
A graduate of New York University's Department of Middle Eastern Studies,
Elka Weberhas taught at a number of universities. She is currently researching travel and notions of place in the writings of medieval Jews. She recently contributed a chapter,
Sharing the Sites:Medieval Jewish Travelers to the Land of Israel to Rosamund Allen, ed,
Eastward Bound: travel and travellers1050-1550,, 2004.