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Isaac ha-Kohen's Letter to Marco Lippomano: Jewish-Christian Exchange and Arabic Learning in Renaissance Italy.

An essay is presented that discusses a 15th-century letter from a Jewish scholar named Isaac ha-Kohen to Christian Hebraist Marco Lippomano. Topics include humanist interest in Arabic and Judeo-Arabic during the Italian Renaissance; early modern views regarding the similarities between Hebrew, Arabi...

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Published in:Jewish Quarterly Review Vol. 104; no. 2; pp. 192 - 234
Main Author: STEIN KOKIN, DANIEL
Format: Essay
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press Spring2014
Subjects:
Ha-Kohen, Isaac
Jews
Christian Hebraists
Lippomano, Marco
Letters
Hebraism
Judeo-Arabic language
Arabic language
History
Jewish languages
Italy
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Summary:An essay is presented that discusses a 15th-century letter from a Jewish scholar named Isaac ha-Kohen to Christian Hebraist Marco Lippomano. Topics include humanist interest in Arabic and Judeo-Arabic during the Italian Renaissance; early modern views regarding the similarities between Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic; and particular aspects of Hebrew and Arabic among Sicilian Jews like ha-Kohen.