Changing Minds

Geographic Discoveries and New Worlds
through the Eyes of a Renaissance Jewish Scholar

Professor Lelli will introduce the fascinating manuscript of Abraham Abraham ben Mordecai Farissol's 16th century geographical treatise, Iggeret orhot ʻolam (LJS 499; 1524) the first modern Hebrew work on geography with a special interest in the Jewish dispersion, and also the first Hebrew writing that mentions the New World.

Date: 9/10/2019

Location: Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
3420 Walnut Street, sixth floor

Please bring photo ID for admittance to the building