David Castelli (M / Italy, 1836-1901), scholar
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David Castelli (1836-1901) was an Italian-Jewish scholar.
Born and educated at the rabbinical college in Livorno, Italy. From 1857 to 1863 was teacher of Hebrew and Italian in the Jewish schools of his native city; then he became secretary of the Jewish congregation in Pisa, where at the same time he was a private teacher. From January 1876, for 25 years until his death, he taught Hebrew at the Istituto di Studi Superiori Pratici e di Perfezionamento in Florence, Italy. Salvatore Minocchi was among his students. David Castelli translated from the Bible and wrote numerous works on biblical and post-biblical Judaism, focusing on the Second Temple period. He was one of the first Italian Jewish scholars to deal with Christian origins.
Works
Books
- Il libro del Cohelet volgarmente detto Ecclesiaste (Qoheleth / 1866 Castelli), book
- Leggende talmudiche (1869 Castelli), book
- Il messia secondo gli ebrei (1874 Castelli), book
- Ammaestramenti del Vecchio e del Nuovo Testamento (1896 Castelli), book
- Gli ebrei: sunto di storia politica e letteraria (1899 Castelli), book
Biography
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