[PDF.33oc] A Delightful Compendium of Consolation: A Fabulous Tale of Romance, Adventure and Faith in the Medieval Mediterranean

A Delightful Compendium of Consolation: A Fabulous Tale of Romance, Adventure and Faith in the Medieval Mediterranean

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 | #2736766 in Books |  Ben Yehuda Press |  2008-03-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.73 x5.98l,1.06 | File type: PDF | 328 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Delightful Compendium of Consolation|By Bruce Wolf|This book is the documentation of letters between a Jewish fictional woman in the Middle Ages as she travels and trades throughout the Levant. It gives insight into living and trade conditions of the times. However, it is difficult to get into. If one persists beyond the first 75 pages, it is delightful and informative reading.| |?A ?delightful? historical novel, capturing the spirit of this dynamic period: a tale of merchants and scholars, of families, rabbis and students?real and imagined. A world in which Jews and Muslims, even Jews of different religious persuasions, lived together

Karimah, a charming, headstrong Jewish teenager in 11th Century Egypt, follows her heart to live a life of adventure; as a brigand targeting desert caravans and as a pirate on the high seas. Rabbi Nissim, writing from North Africa, comforts Karimah's father with tales from classical rabbinic literature. The book is presented as a series of ?found? Cairo Genizah (old book depository) documents. Writing home to her brother, Karimah quotes not only from traditional Jewish t...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.A Delightful Compendium of Consolation: A Fabulous Tale of Romance, Adventure and Faith in the Medieval Mediterranean   |  Burton L. Visotzky. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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