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Summary:

"In 1523, a man named David Reubeni appeared in Venice, claiming to be the ambassador of a powerful Jewish kingdom deep in the heart of Arabia. With his army of hardy desert warriors from lost Israelite tribes, he pledged to deliver the Jews to the Holy Land by force and restore their pride and autonomy. Traveling from Arabia to Africa and then Europe, he spent a decade shuttling between Christian rulers in Italy, Portugal, Spain, and France, pitching himself as an ally against an ascendent Ottoman empire and offering support in exchange for weaponry. Reubeni was hailed as a messiah by both wealthy Jews and Iberia's oppressed conversos, but his grand ambitions came to a halt in Regensburg when the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, turned him over to the Inquisition and, in 1538, he was likely burned at the stake. Diary of a Black Messiah is the first English translation of Reubeni's Hebrew-language diary, detailing his travels across Europe, Africa, and the Mediterranean and personal travails. Written in a Hebrew drawn from everyday speech, entirely unlike other literary works of the period, the diary reveals in very concrete terms what it would take to raise a Jewish movement to conquer the Holy Land"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Africa
• Egypt and the Holy Land
• Italy
• Portugal
• Spain
• Appendix : Solomon Cohen's addendum.

Author/Creator:

Reuveni, David, active 16th century , author

Contributors:

Verskin, Alan , translator, writer of introduction

Languages:

English
Hebrew

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Translated from (original): Hebrew

Main Work:

Sipur Daṿid ha-Reʼuveni [by Reuveni, D.] (English)

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Diary of a black Jewish messiah [by Reuveni, D.] (Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2023 — ISBN 9781503634428; LCCN 2022016420)

Related Series:

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture

Subjects:

Reuveni, David, active 16th century

Pseudo-Messiahs — Biography

General Notes:

Translated from the Hebrew.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 16, 2022).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

BM752 .R4813 2023eb

ISBNs:

9781503634442 (electronic book)
1503634442 (electronic book)
9781503634428 (hardcover) [Invalid]
9781503634435 (paperback) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2022016421

OCLC Numbers:

1328142223

Other Control Numbers:

EBC30253976 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp303000201