Judah Messer Leon
Judah Messer Leon · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Physician, philosopher and rhetorician; author of 'Nofet Zufim', which applied classical rhetorical theory to the Hebrew Bible
c. 1420, Italy — c. 1498
Italy · Naples
Judah Messer Leon is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Physician, philosopher and rhetorician; author of 'Nofet Zufim', which applied classical rhetorical theory to the Hebrew Bible
Judah Messer Leon was a Renaissance-era Italian Jewish physician, philosopher and rhetorician whose Hebrew treatise 'Nofet Zufim' ('The Book of the Honeycomb's Flow') applied classical Ciceronian and Aristotelian rhetorical theory to the Hebrew Bible — the first Hebrew book on rhetoric and one of the first Hebrew works printed in the author's lifetime. He led yeshivot in several Italian cities. He was Jewish.
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Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
Physician, philosopher and rhetorician; author of 'Nofet Zufim', which applied classical rhetorical theory to the Hebrew Bible
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
