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'''Azariah de' Rossi''' (c1513-1578) was a Jewish Italian scholar.
'''Azariah de' Rossi''' (c1513-1578) was a Jewish Italian scholar. Proficient in Hebrew, Greek, Latin and Italian, studied medicine, archaeology, history, Greek and Roman antiquities and Christian ecclesiastical history, 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]], who he identified with the [[Therapeutae]] and the [[Boethusians]]<ref name="taylorEssees">[[The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea (2012 Taylor), book]], p. 5</ref>.
 
== Works ==
 
====Books====
 
*[[Me'or Enayim (The Light of the Eyes / 1573-75 Rossi), book (Hebrew)]]
**[[The Light of the Eyes (2001 Rossi), book (English ed.)]]


==Biography==
==Biography==
Proficient in Hebrew, Greek, Latin and Italian, studied medicine, archaeology, history, Greek and Roman antiquities and Christian ecclesiastical history. Descended from an old Jewish Family which claimed to have been brought by Titus from Jerusalem, was first modern Jewish scholar to focus on Second Temple Judaism, its history, archaeology and literature (especially Aristeas, Philo and Josephus), and use secular sources to supplement or check the data in Talmudic literature. 


==Works on Second Temple Judaism==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azariah_dei_Rossi Wikipedia.en] -- [https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azaria_de%27_Rossi Wikipedia.it] -- [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azaria_dei_Rossi Wikipedia.de] -- [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azaria_di_Rossi Wikipedia.fr] -- Wikipedia.es
*[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=431&letter=R JewEn.com]
 
==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)
 
==Notes==
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[[Category:R-Ro|Rossi]]
 
[[Category:Scholars|1513 Rossi]]
 
[[Category:Jewish|1513 Rossi]]
[[Category:Jewish Scholars|1513 Rossi]]
 
[[Category:Jewish-Italian|1513 Rossi]]
[[Category:Jewish-Italian Scholars|1513 Rossi]]
 
[[Category:Italian|1513 Rossi]]
[[Category:Italian Scholars|1513 Rossi]]


====Books====
[[Category:Born in the 1510s| 1513 Rossi]]
*[[Me'or Enayim (1573-1575 Rossi), book]]
[[Category:Died in the 1570s| 1578 Rossi]]
**[[The Light of the Eyes (2001 Rossi), book (English ed.)]]


==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azariah_dei_Rossi Wikipedia]


[[Category:Scholars|Rossi]]
[[Category:Second Temple Studies|~1513 Rossi]]
[[Category:Second Temple Judaism|1513 Rossi]]
[[Category:Hellenistic-Jewish Studies|~1513 Rossi]]
[[Category:Jewish|Rossi]]
[[Category:Jewish Scholarship|1513 Rossi]]
[[Category:Italian|Rossi]]
[[Category:Italian Scholarship|1513 Rossi]]
[[Category:Born in the 1510s|1513 Rossi]]
[[Category:Died in the 1570s|1578 Rossi]]

Latest revision as of 17:26, 9 December 2020

Azariah de' Rossi (c1513-1578) was a Jewish Italian scholar. Proficient in Hebrew, Greek, Latin and Italian, studied medicine, archaeology, history, Greek and Roman antiquities and Christian ecclesiastical history, 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, who he identified with the Therapeutae and the Boethusians[1].

Works

Books

Biography

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)

Notes

  1. ↑ The Essenes, the Scrolls, and the Dead Sea (2012 Taylor), book, p. 5
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