Domenico Gerosolimitano

Domenico Gerosolimitano

Domenico Gerosolimitano, originally Rabbi Samuel Vivas of Jerusalem,[1] (fl. 1590s) was a notable ecclesiastical censor of Hebrew books.[2] His Sefer Hazikkuk, (the Hebrew equivalent of Index Expurgatorius) played an important role in the censorship of Hebrew books in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries."[3]

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  1. ^ Rivista degli studi orientali: Università di Roma. Scuola orientale - 2003 "Domenico Gerosolimitano alias Samuel Vivas (or Vives), born to Jerusalem towards the middle of the XVI century, was a rabbi and a doctor (he served as court physician to Sultan Murad III) and in 1593 he converted to Christianity "
  2. ^ Historical abstracts: Modern history abstracts, 1450-1914: 50 1-2 Eric H. Boehm - 1999 "Provides the Hebrew name of Domenico Gerosolimitano, a famous ecclesiastical censor of Hebrew books who lived in Italy ... Based on the discovery of his baptismal act, recorded in Venice, Domenico Gerosolimitano's Hebrew name was Rabbi Samuel Vivas, of Jerusalem. The aforementioned act determines the exact date of his conversion to Catholicism, as 6 August,"
  3. ^ Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin The censor, the editor, and the text: the Catholic Church and the 2007 p85 "Domenico Gerosolimitano's Sefer Hazikkuk, which will be analyzed in Chapter 5, played an important role in shaping the censorship of Hebrew literature in the late sixteenth century and the first half of the seventeenth."

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