The Biographical dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge-- Volume 3 part 1

by Society for the Knowledge

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. ... first five chapters of the book of Job, with a Latin translation, together with the biblical text in HeTjrew and Latin. In his preface the author complains of the very little encouragement he meets with in Paris, and the destitute state to which he is reduced. It was printed at Paris by Th. Blaise, A.d. 1622. (Wolfius, Biblioth. Hebr. i. 723., iii. 645.; Bayle, Diet. Hist. Crit. i. 297. note F. ed. Rotterdam, 1702.) C. P. H. AQUI'NO, PHILIPPUS DE, or PniLIPPE D'AQUIN (1N mpx n cviQa IN'pNT NBvB)' a learned Frenchman born at Avignon towards the end of the sixteenth century. He was of a Jewish family, and had himself attained to the dignity of a Rabbi, at which time he was called Mor-decai. While yet a young man he was converted to Christianity and admitted into the Catholic church at Aquino in the kingdom of Naples, whence he assumed his surname. This surname was probably the origin of Bayle's hearsay information that his family was originally from Aquino. He took up his abode in Paris, where he supported his family by teaching Hebrew, some time previous to the year 1610, and resided there until his death, which, according to Le Long, took place about the year 1650. Bayle observes that the name of Aquino occurs in the proceedings against the Marechal d'Anere, and he gives the substance of a deposition of Aquino against the marechal and his wife. His works are--1. " Maharic Hammaharacoth" (" Setting the Array in Order "), a Hebrew, Chaldee, Talmudic, and Rabbinical dictionary, in which all the words used in the Hebrew Scriptures, the Chaldee paraphrases, the Talmuds, and other Rabbinical and cabbalistical writings, with difficult passages in the writings of the Rabbis, many of the ceremonies of the law and all the...

410 pages, Paperback

Published September 13, 2013