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The Scroll of Obadiah: The Life of a Norman Convert to Judaism in the First Crusade

By Frank Riess
Hardcover
$39.95
By Frank Riess
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Recounts a Norman priest’s conversion to Judaism and adventures across the Middle East during the First Crusade.

The Scroll of Obadiah narrates the life of a Norman priest who converted to Judaism. Born in Italy in the 1070s, he travelled to the Middle East during the First Crusade. His life is uniquely documented in his autobiography, which was uncovered in partly indecipherable fragments in the Cairo Geniza, an ancient archive. Scholars have restored the dramatic story, which relates his m...

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