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'''Azariah de' Rossi''' (c1513-1578) was a Jewish Italian scholar, and a specialist in [[Second Temple Studies]].
'''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 ==
== Works ==


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>.
====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.)]]
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*Salo Wittmayer Baron, ''La méthode historique d'Azaria de'Rossi (Paris: Elias, 1929)
*Salo Wittmayer Baron, ''La méthode historique d'Azaria de'Rossi (Paris: Elias, 1929)


 
==Notes==
==Footnotes==
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Revision as of 09:47, 2 December 2013

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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