Bohemian Pilgrim Martin Kabtanik Records Large Jewish Population in Jerusalem
Martin Kabtanik, a Bohemian pilgrim, records a large Jewish population in Jerusalem. In his book “Journey from Bohemia to Jerusalem and Egypt” circa 1491-1492 CE, he writes:
“Christians and Jews alike in Jerusalem live in great poverty and in conditions of great deprivation. There are not many Christians, but there are many Jews, and these the Muslims persecute in various ways… The Muslims know that the Jews think and even say that this is the Holy Land which has been promised to them and that those Jews who dwell there are regarded as holy by Jews elsewhere, because, in spite of all the troubles and sorrows inflicted on them by the Muslims, they refuse to leave the Land.”
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“Christians and Jews alike in Jerusalem live in great poverty and in conditions of great deprivation, there are not many Christians but there are many Jews, and these the Muslims persecute in various ways… The Muslims know that the Jews think and even say that this is the Holy Land which has been promised to them and that those Jews who dwell there are regarded as holy by Jews elsewhere, because, in spite of all the troubles and sorrows inflicted on them by the Muslims, they refuse to leave the Land.”
Martin Kabtanik in his book “Journey from Bohemia to Jerusalem and Egypt” c. 1491-1492 CE
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