BENJAMIN OF TUDELA (in Navarre), a Jewish rabbi of the i 2th century. He visited Constantinople, Egypt, Assyria and Persia, and penetrated to the frontiers of China, his journeys occupying about 13 years. His Itinerary is valuable for the Jewish history of the 12th century.
The Itinerary was translated from the Hebrew Bibliography. The Itinerary was translated from the Hebrew into Latin by Arias Montanus in 1575, and appeared in a French version by Baratier in 1734. There have been various English trans lations. One was published by Asher in 184o; another (with critical Hebrew text) by M. N. Adler (Jewish Quarterly Review, vols. xvi. xviii. ; also reprinted as a separate volume, 1907) .
