Samuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)

Samuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)

Scholar, poet and commentator · 1800–1865

Italian Jewish · EstablishedThe Modern Era

Italian Jewish scholar who taught at the rabbinical college of Padua. A pioneer of modern Jewish scholarship, he wrote Bible commentaries, Hebrew poetry and studies of Jewish liturgy and philosophy.

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