Judah ben Moses Romano explained

Judah ben Moses Romano^[1] (c. 1293 – after 1330^[2]) was an Italian Jewish philosopher and translator of the 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;^[3] he also translated Albertus Magnus, Giles of Rome, Alexander of Alessandri, Domenicus Gundissalinus and Angelo of Camerino.^[4]

He translated sections of the Divine Comedy of Dante,^[5] and gave public readings of it.^[6] He was employed by Robert of Naples,^[7] along with Immanuel and Kalonymos.

External links

• Jewish Encyclopedia article, Leone Romano

Notes and References

1. Judah ben Moses of Rome, Yehuda Romano, Leone Romano.
2. Web site: Jewish philosophy : Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online . 2007-01-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070205053555/http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/J066 . 2007-02-05 ., the Jewish Encyclopedia gives 1286 as date of birth http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1678&letter=A.
3. Web site: Text manuscripts/New items . 2007-08-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060613040025/http://www.textmanuscripts.com/home/archives/archivesdescription.php?m=170 . 2006-06-13 .
4. Daniel H. Frank and Oliver Leaman, History of Jewish Philosophy (1997), pp. 299, 352.
5. Web site: Jewish Language Research Website: Judeo-Italian . 2007-08-10 . 2010-11-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101123140307/http://jewish-languages.org/judeo-italian.html . dead .
6. [Umberto Eco]
7. http://www.authorama.com/chapters-on-jewish-literature-18.html Chapters On Jewish Literature - Chapter XVIII. Italian Jewish Poetry (by Israel Abrahams)