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Azariah de' Rossi was the first modern Jewish scholar to focus on Second Temple Judaism, its history, archaeology and literature (especially Aristeas, Philo and Josephus), and use non-Jewish sources (secular and Christian) to supplement or check the data in Talmudic literature. He also was the first Jewish scholar to manifest an specific interest for the Essenes<ref name="taylorEssees">[[The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea (2012 Taylor), book]], p. 5</ref>. | Azariah de' Rossi was the first modern Jewish scholar to focus on Second Temple Judaism, its history, archaeology and literature (especially Aristeas, Philo and Josephus), and use non-Jewish sources (secular and Christian) to supplement or check the data in Talmudic literature. He also was the first Jewish scholar to manifest an specific interest for the Essenes<ref name="taylorEssees">[[The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea (2012 Taylor), book]], p. 5</ref>. | ||
====Books==== | ====Books==== | ||
*[[Me'or Enayim (1573-1575 Rossi), book]] | *[[Me'or Enayim (1573-1575 Rossi), book]] | ||
**[[The Light of the Eyes (2001 Rossi), book (English ed.)]] | **[[The Light of the Eyes (2001 Rossi), book (English ed.)]] | ||
==Footnotes== | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 06:49, 3 October 2013
Azariah de' Rossi (c1513-1578) was a Jewish Italian scholar.
Biography
Azariah de' Rossi was born in Mantua, Italy, the descendant of an old Jewish family which claimed to have been brought by Titus from Jerusalem. Proficient in Hebrew, Greek, Latin and Italian, studied medicine, archaeology, history, Greek and Roman antiquities and Christian ecclesiastical history.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Azariah de' Rossi was the first modern Jewish scholar to focus on Second Temple Judaism, its history, archaeology and literature (especially Aristeas, Philo and Josephus), and use non-Jewish sources (secular and Christian) to supplement or check the data in Talmudic literature. He also was the first Jewish scholar to manifest an specific interest for the Essenes[1].
Books
Footnotes
References
- Benedetto Levi, Della vita e degli scritti di Azaria de' Rossi (Padova: Crescini, 1868)
- Salo Wittmayer Baron, La méthode historique d'Azaria de'Rossi (Paris: Elias, 1929)