Judah ben Moses Romano

Judah ben Moses Romano

Judah ben Moses Romano [Judah ben Moses of Rome, Yehuda Romano, Leone Romano.] (born c. 1293, died after 1330 [ [http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/J066] , the Jewish Encyclopedia gives 1286 as date of birth [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1678&letter=A] .] ) was an Italian Jewish philosopher and translator, of the thirteen and fourteenth century. He was a cousin of Immanuel of Rome.

He was a significant early translator of works of scholastic philosophy, from Latin into Hebrew. He was the first Hebrew translator of Thomas Aquinas [ [http://www.textmanuscripts.com/home/archives/archivesdescription.php?m=170] ] ; he also translated Albertus Magnus, Giles of Rome, Alexander of Alessandri, Domenicus Gundissalinus and Angelo of Camerino [Daniel H. Frank and Oliver Leaman, "History of Jewish Philosophy" (1997), pp. 299, 352.] .

He translated sections of the "Divina Commedia" of Dante [ [http://www.jewish-languages.org/judeo-italian.html Jewish Language Research Website: Judeo-Italian ] ] , and gave public readings of it [Umberto Eco, "Serendipities" (English translation 1999), p. 64.] . He was employed by Robert of Naples [ [http://www.authorama.com/chapters-on-jewish-literature-18.html Chapters On Jewish Literature - Chapter XVIII. Italian Jewish Poetry (by Israel Abrahams) ] ] , along with Immanuel and Kalonymos.

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* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=350&letter=R "Jewish Encyclopedia" article, Leone Romano]


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