A sixteenth-century Hebrew map from Mantua

Rehav Rubin*

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Abstract

A unique Hebrew map of the Exodus and the Holy Land was printed in Mantua, Italy, in the mid-sixteenth century. This map is graphically and artistically different from all other Hebrew maps, both earlier and later. The aim here is to analyze the map and the text that is printed on it, explore the reasons for, and the context of, its printing, and identify its sources within contemporary Jewish scholarship and Christian cartography. The only known exemplar of this map is in the Zentralbibliothek in Zürich, Switzerland.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)30-45
Number of pages16
JournalImago Mundi
Volume62
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

Keywords

  • Bible reading and interpretation
  • Hebrew cartography
  • Holy Land
  • Mantua
  • Maps in Bibles
  • Maps of the Exodus
  • Rashi
  • Relations between Christian and Jewish cartography
  • Renaissance Italy
  • Sixteenth century

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