Английская Википедия:Gershon ben Eliezer Yiddels

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Шаблон:Orphan Gershon ben Eliezer ha-Levi Yiddels of Prague (Шаблон:Lang-he; Шаблон:Fl)Шаблон:Notetag was a possibly fictitiousШаблон:R Jewish travel writer.Шаблон:R

He was the author of the Yiddish travelogue Gelilot Erets Yisra’el ('Regions of the Land of Israel'), containing a fantastical account of his travels to the Holy Land around 1624,Шаблон:R by way of Salonica, Alexandria, Mecca, and Jiddah. In his account, he claims to have travelled to countries on the shores of the river Sambation and to the states of Prester John.Шаблон:R He recounts having encountered three-eyed beasts with five feet, headless living men, fire-breathing birds, and other strange beings.Шаблон:RШаблон:R

The work contains an approbation by Rabbi Joel Sarkes of Cracow, leading Шаблон:Ill to suggest that Sarkes never actually read its more fantastical elements.Шаблон:R

The first edition, presumably published in Lublin in 1635, was publicly burned in Warsaw by order of the Jesuits.Шаблон:R Subsequent editions of the work were published in Fürth (1691), Amsterdam (1705), and Prague (1824). It was also printed alongside the Ma'aseh Buch in Amsterdam in 1723.[1] A Hebrew translation, titled ʼIggeret ha-kodesh ('Sacred Epistles'), went through multiple editions.

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