مصر في كتاب (الرحلات)‎ لبنيامين التطلي

Abstract EN

The book (trips) to Benjamin of Tudeia one of the most important books of the Jews in the Middle Ages, the book paints a picture of us on the conditions of many of the countries visited or heard about the author, including of course Egypt.

Therefore, it brings us closer to more of the conditions Egypt's social and cultural in that period, and sheds light on some of the Egyptian society, the characteristics and habits, deals with agriculture, indicating preferred Nile and pointing out the most important agricultural crops, then moves or.

to describe the most important cities and regions in Egypt at the time, as he talks about religious life in which, besides sheds light on the Egyptian Foreign diameter relations with neighboring countries, do not forget that the usual refers to the Jewish population in every city of the cities that passed tnrougn or heard about.

If there are many publications and studies that dated to Egypt's history and cuiture through the different eras, the new here, we will dawn through this book on Egypt's image from the viewpoint o; Judaism, to ses the extent to which the author has succeeded in transferring this image and how much was honest and fair in his opinion, What caught his attention and what he wanted to say to the Jewish reader from Fgypt Finally, the Benjamin of Tudeia is one of the most prominent Jewish writers in the twelfth century, and was probably the first to Tasoa Arab writers in the field of travel literature.

And gaining fame in the basis of this book.

It remains to point out the importance of the book in terms of being an important reference point in the history of the Jews in the Middle Ages, and the conditions and the number and geography of the country in which they lived and the most prominent figures whom he met or heard about.