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Elia Levita

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Renaissance Hebrew grammarian, scholar and poet (1469-1549)

GermanyWritersLived 1469 to 1549 · aged 79
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Elia Levita was a Renaissance Hebrew grammarian, Hebraist, and poet. He was the author of the Bovo-Bukh, the most popular Yiddish chivalric romance. He was one of the foremost teachers of Hebrew and Jewish mysticism to Christian clergy, nobility, and intellectuals during the Renaissance.

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Cardinal Giles of ViterboCardinal Giles of ViterboPrinted Edition of Bovo-Bukh, Isny, 1541Printed Edition of Bovo-Bukh, Isny, 1541A page from Levita's Yiddish-Hebrew-Latin-German dictionaryA page from Levita's Yiddish-Hebrew-Latin-German dictionary

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About this person

Country
Germany
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1469 to 1549 · aged 79
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16 languages

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