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Philosophy & Social Sciences
Elijah Levita
Who
Elijah Levita · Philosophy & Social Sciences
What
Renaissance Hebrew grammarian and lexicographer.
When
1469, Neustadt an der Aisch, Germany — 1549, Venice, Italy
Where
Germany · Italy
Biography
Elijah Levita is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Renaissance Hebrew grammarian and lexicographer.
How & why
Levita was a Renaissance Hebrew grammarian, lexicographer and poet whose works on Hebrew and Aramaic — including his masoretic studies and a Yiddish romance, the 'Bovo-Bukh' — profoundly influenced Christian Hebraists as well as Jewish scholarship. He was Jewish, born in Germany, and worked chiefly in Italy.
Sources & external links
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
Contributions & Sources
Renaissance Hebrew grammarian and lexicographer.
1469
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
