John of Capua

John of Capua

John of Capua (fl. 1262-1269) was an Italian Jewish convert to Christianity, and a translator. He translated Rabbi Joel's Hebrew version of "Kalilah wa-Dimnah" into Latin under the title "Directorium Vitae Humanae". His translation was the source from which that work became so widely spread in almost all European languages. It was edited by Joseph Derenbourg (Paris, 1887). John of Capua also translated Maimonides' "Dietary" and Ibn Zuhr's (Avenzoar's) "Al-Taisir", on diseases.

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*JewishEncyclopedia|article=John of Capua|author Joseph Jacobs|author=Executive Committee of the Editorial Board and Joseph Jacobs|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=372&letter=J

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* [http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~Harsch/Chronologia/Lspost13/IohannesCapua/cap_di00.html Bibliotheca Augustana, Iohannes de Capua, "Directorium humanae vitae"]


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