Shabbtai Donnolo
Shabbtai Donnolo (* 913 in Oria ; † after 982; Hebrew שבתי דונולו) was an Italian doctor and author of medical works. Most of the information about Donnolo comes from an autobiographical sketch that he wrote in his most famous work, the Sefer Chachmoni ( Hebrew חכמוני; for the name see also 1 Chr 1,11 EU ), placed in front.
In his childhood, Donnolo was kidnapped by the Saracens , but ransomed by relatives from southern Italy. There he stayed and devoted himself to the study of rabbinical literature as well as medical works of antiquity. He worked as a doctor and - in today's words - a pharmacist.
In Jaffa , the Donnolo Hospital, which was closed in 1980, was named after him.
Works
- Sefer Chachmoni - a commentary on Sefer Jetzira , edition D. Castelli: Il commenti di Sabbatai Donnolo al libro della creazione. Florence 1880.
- Sefer ha-Jaqar - medical writing, only fragmentary preserved, edition by Moritz Steinschneider 1867 and Dolores Ferre Cano: Donnolo '"Sefer ha-yaqar": New Edition with English Translation. In: Giancarlo Lacerenza (ed.): Šabbetay Donnolo: Scienza e cultura ebraica nell'Italia del secolo X. Naples 2004, 1-20.
- Sefer ha-Mirqachot - edition by Suessmann Muntner, Jerusalem 1950.
literature
- Giancarlo Lacerenza (Ed.): Šabbetay Donnolo. Scienza e cultura ebraica nell'Italia del secolo X. University, Naples 2004.
- Sacha Stern, Piergabriele Mancuso: An Astronomical Table by Shabbetai Donnolo and the Jewish Calendar in Tenth-Century Italy. In: Aleph. Historical Studies in Science and Judaism , Vol. 7 (2007), pp. 13-41, ISSN 1565-1525 .
- Sacha Stern: Shabbetai Donnolo and the Jewish Calendar. Corrigenda. In: Aleph. Historical Studies in Science and Judaism , Vol. 8 (2008), pp. 343-344, ISSN 1565-1525 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Donnolo, Shabbtai |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish-Italian doctor and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oria (Apulia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 982 |