Shabbethai Donnolo

Shabbtai Donnolo (* 913 in Oria; † after 982; Hebrew שבתי דונולו ) was an Italian physician and author of medical works. Most of the information to come Donnolo an autobiographical sketch he his most famous work, the Sefer Chachmoni (Hebrew חכמוני, for names, see also 1 Chr 1,11 EU) prefaced.

In his childhood Donnolo was kidnapped by Saracens, but ransomed by relatives from Southern Italy. There he remained and devoted himself to the study of both rabbinic literature and medical works of antiquity. He worked as a doctor and - in today's language - pharmacist.

In Jaffa, was the Donnolo Hospital, which was closed in 1980, named after him.

Works

  • Sefer Chachmoni - a commentary on Sefer Yetzirah, Issue D. Castelli: Il commenti di Sabbatai Donnolo al libro della creazione. Florence in 1880.
  • Sefer ha - Jaqar - medical writing, is only fragmentary edition of Moritz Steinschneider in 1867 and Dolores Cano Ferre: Donnolo ' "Sefer ha - yaqar ": New Edition with English translation. In: Giancarlo Lacerenza (ed.): Šabbetay Donnolo: Scienza e Cultura del Ebraica nell'Italia secolo X. Naples in 2004, 1-20.
  • Sefer ha - Mirqachot - Issue of Suess man Muntner, Jerusalem 1950.
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