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The Strange Adventures of Jacob d'Ancona
- Abstract
Is a memoir of China purportedly written by a 13th-century Jewish merchant authentic? And if not, what then?
About the Author
Hillel Halkin is a columnist for the New York Sun and a veteran contributor to COMMENTARY. Portions of the present essay were delivered at Northwestern University in March as the Klutznick Lecture in Jewish Civilization.
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