Rossi, Azariah ben Moses dei (Adummim; Azariah dei Rossi)
- Rossi, Azariah ben Moses dei (Adummim; Azariah dei Rossi)
(c. 1511-c. 1578)
Italian scholar. He was born in Mantua, and lived in Bologna, Ferrara, and Mantua. His Meor Enayim shows how classical sources cast light on Jewish history and literature in the classical period. In the third part of this work ('Imrei Binah'), he examined ancient Jewish history by comparing Hebrew texts with classical Jewish and non-Jewish sources. He also wrote poetry in Italian, Hebrew and Aramaic. His writings provoked the hostility of a number of rabbis.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography.
Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
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ROSSI, AZARIAH (Bonaiuto) BEN MOSES DEI — (c. 1511–c. 1578), the greatest scholar of Hebrew letters during the Italian Renaissance. He was born in Mantua to the Min ha Adummim family, one of the most eminent families in the history of Italian Jewry. According to a legend quoted by Rossi… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Azaria dei Rossi — Meor Enajim, Mantua 1574 (Titelblatt) Azaria(h) (Bonaiuto) dei Rossi ben Moses (* um 1511 in Mantua; † 1578 in Mantua) war ein italienisch jüdischer Humanist, Arzt und Historiker. Er gilt als bedeutendster jüdischer Gelehrter der italienischen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Jewish surname — Jews have historically used Hebrew patronymic names. In the Jewish patronymic system the first name is followed by either ben or bat ( son of and daughter of, respectively), and then the father s name. ( Bar , son of in Aramaic, is also seen).… … Wikipedia
