Aaron of Pesaro
Aaron von Pesaro († 1563 ) was an Italian businessman and lay scientist.
He was a wealthy merchant of Jewish descent from Novellara living in the 16th century, doing business mainly in Pesaro and in 1557 also opened a credit bank in the Duchy of Mantua . He owned a rich library and wrote the work Toledot Aharon ("The Family of Aarons"), a concordance of all the Bible passages cited and explained in the Babylonian Talmud . His three sons took over his business after his death and had his work printed by Israel Zifroni 1583–84 in Freiburg im Breisgau and 1591–92 in Venice . Rabbi Jakob Sasportas , who came from Oran in North Africa, added Bible quotations from the Jerusalem Talmud to the work ( Toledot Ya'akov , Amsterdam 1652). An abridged version of Toledot Aharon is often found in rabbinical Bibles .
literature
- Aaron of Pesaro , in: Encyclopaedia Judaica , 1971-72, Vol. 1, Col. 22.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aaron of Pesaro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aaron di Pesaro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian businessman and lay scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1563 |