Petachiah of Regensburg, also known as Petachiah ben Yakov, Moses Petachiah, and Petachiah of Ratisbon, was a German/Bohemian rabbi of the twelfth and...

Wolfgang of Regensburg (ca.934–994), Bishop of Regensburg Ulrich of Zell (ca.1029–1093), Cluniac reformer of Germany, abbot, founder and saint Petachiah of Ratisbon...

mentioned the survival of Ark fragments, but there was less consensus about whether the vessel itself survived. Petachiah of Regensburg simply declared "the...

location of Nineveh was known, to some, continuously through the Middle Ages. Benjamin of Tudela visited it in 1170; Petachiah of Regensburg soon after...

abbot and scribe Petachiah of Regensburg, also known as Petachiah ben Yakov, Moses Petachiah, and Petachiah of Ratisbon, a Bohemian rabbi of the twelfth and...

tradition. Book of Daniel 8:2 Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela [Hebr.], ed. Asher, i. 74–76, ii. 152–154; cf. Petachiah of Regensburg, p. 77, below, Jerusalem...

Azariah, already as Gaon. Petachiah of Regensburg also mentions Ezra in his description of visiting Damascus around 1175. Petachiah notes that Ezra, the Rosh...

Mosul", in 1170 Benjamin of Tudela notes that there are about 7,000 Jews in Mosul. In later years, when Petachiah of Regensburg visited Mosul, Nineveh was...

needs: comfort and truth. Twelfth-century Jewish rabbi and explorer Petachiah of Regensburg visited Jonah's tomb during his visit to the Holy Land, and wrote:...

Jewish travelers who visited the Land of Israel during this period, such as Benjamin of Tudela and Petachiah of Regensburg, do not mention Gaza at all. Even...