{"product_id":"portraying-the-land-hebrew-maps-of-the-land-of-israel-from-rashi-to-the-early-20th-century-9783110683202","title":"Portraying the Land: Hebrew Maps of the Land of Israel from Rashi to the Early 20th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book presents and discusses a large corpus of Jewish maps of the Holy Land that were drawn by Jewish scholars from the 11\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e to the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century, and thus fills a significant lacuna both in the history of cartography and in Jewish studies. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783110683202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.74d","brand":"Rehav Rubin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43673116475573,"sku":"9783110683202","price":32.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3e437582-34b9-4060-a336-f2c155d0f5a6.jpg?v=1709053833","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/portraying-the-land-hebrew-maps-of-the-land-of-israel-from-rashi-to-the-early-20th-century-9783110683202","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}