PROVENÇAL, DAVID BEN ABRAHAM
- PROVENÇAL, DAVID BEN ABRAHAM
- PROVENÇAL, DAVID BEN ABRAHAM (b. 1506), rabbi of Mantua,
preacher, and linguist. He was the brother of Moses Provençal .
Provençal had the idea of establishing a Jewish university in Mantua
because he feared a decline in the study of Torah in Italy after the
burning of the Talmud. In 1564 he addressed an appeal on this subject to
the Italian communities (later published in Ha-Levanon, 5
(1868), 418f., 434f., 450f.). According to his plan the curriculum was
to include the written and oral law, philosophy, Hebrew grammar, Hebrew
poetry, Latin and Italian, grammar, medicine, and astronomy. There are
differences of opinion as to the extent to which the proposed program
was carried out. The traditional view is that many of the fundamental
points were implemented, even though the atmosphere of intolerance on
the part of the Catholic Church toward the Jews of Italy undoubtedly
served to hinder the fulfillment of the university program.
Provençal was the author of Ir David, a commentary on the
Pentateuch, and a commentary on the Song of Songs; Dor
Haflagah, on the Hebrew words adopted in foreign
languages; and Migdal
David, on Hebrew grammar. All three books have been lost, though
they were seen by Azariah dei Rossi. Provençal's defense of Philo
against Azariah dei Rossi's criticisms is not extant either. His
commentary to Avot has been preserved in manuscript (N.
Weisz, Kataloge… D. Kaufmann (1906), no. 131). He also
proofread the Venice 1565 edition of the Paḥad Yiẓḥak.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
M. Guedemann, in: Festschrift… A. Berliner (1903), 164–75; S.
Assaf, Mekorot le-Toledot ha-Ḥinnukh be-Yisrael, 2 (1930),
115–20; J.R. Marcus, Jews in the Medieval World (1938),
381–8; M.A. Shulvass, Ḥayyei ha-Yehudim be-Italyah bi-Tekufat
ha-Renaissance (1955), index; C. Roth, Jews in the
Renaissance (1959), 42f., 247f., 331; S. Simonsohn, Toledot
ha-Yehudim be-Dukkasut Mantovah, 2 (1964), 422f., 450, 458, 533f.
(David Tamar)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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