This completely revised and updated edition presents texts written by medieval Christian, Muslim and Jewish travelers to the Holy Land, including:

• St. Jerome, The Pilgrimage of Holy Paula, c.382 CE
• Paula & Eustochium, Letter to Marcella on the Holy Places, 386
• Mukaddasi of Jerusalem, Description of Palestine, 985
• Diary of a Journey through Syria and Palestine, 1047
• Theoderich of WUrzburg, Guide to the Holy Land, c.1172
• Benjamin of Tudela, Description of the Holy Land, from his Itinerary, c.1173
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