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Petachiah of Regensburg

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161:. As Judah the Pious is supposed to have made the surviving manuscript copy of Petachiah's travelogue, the latter must have returned to Regensburg prior to that sage's death in 1217. Petachiah was recognised by sources as a merchant and it is thought that he, along with the other Jewish merchants of Regensburg, played a part in the development of a trade route that extended from 180: 138:, who is also thought to have travelled with him for a time, and who is credited with compiling a report of Petachiah's journey. Petachiah entrusted Judah the Pious with his travel notes which were then turned into the aforementioned travelogue. 148:
The dates of the travels described in his travelogue are uncertain, but are placed roughly between the years 1170 and 1187. He probably set out from Prague sometime between 1170 and 1180, and was certainly in
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Travels of Rabbi Petachia, of Ratisbon, who, in the latter end of the twelfth century, visited Poland, Russia, Little Tartary, the Crimea, Armenia, Assyria, Syria, the Holy Land, and Greece
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Petachiah was born in Regensburg, a city whose Jewish community was so renowned for its piety and learning that it was sometimes called the "Jewish
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of the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. At some point he left his place of birth,
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and the struggles they often faced in Greece and other neighboring lands.
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Some of Petachiah's travelogue is devoted to discussing the oppression of
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The date of Petachiah's death is unknown, but could be around 1225.
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Brutzkus, J. (1943). "Trade with Eastern Europe, 800-1200".
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is an appellation or descriptor. There is no family name.
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Petachiah of Ratisbon
Bohemian
rabbi
Regensburg
Bavaria
Prague
Eastern Europe
Caucasus
Middle East
Poland
Russia
Syria
Armenia
Greece
travelogue
Athens
Isaac ben Jacob ha-Lavan
Jewish jurist
Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg
Talmud
Jerusalem
Battle of Hattin
Kingdom of Jerusalem
Mainz
Kiev
Jews

Bohemia
Poland
Ruthenia

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