See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• LEON, MOSES BEN SI
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

LEON OF See also:

• MODENA (ancient Mutina)

MODENA (1571-1648)  , Jewish See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, of a notable See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• FAMILY

family which had migrated to See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy after the See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion of the See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews from See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . He was a precocious See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, but, as See also:

• GRAETZ, HEINRICH (1817–1891)

Graetz points out, his lack of See also:

• STABLE

stable See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character prevented his gifts from maturing . " He pursued all sorts of occupations to support himself, viz. those of preacher, teacher of Jews and Christians, reader of prayers, interpreter, writer, See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof-reader, bookseller, See also:

• BROKER (according to the New English Dictionary, from Lat. brocca, spit, spike, broccare, to broach "—another Eng. form of the same word; hence O. Fr. vendre d broche, to retail, e.g. wine, from the tap, and thus the general sense of dealing; see also for

broker, See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, See also:

• RABBI

rabbi, musician, matchmaker and manufacturer of amulets." Though he failed to rise to real distinction he earned a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place by his See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism of the See also:

• TALMUD

Talmud among those who prepared the way for the new learning in Judaism . One of See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• LEON, MOSES BEN SI
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

Leon's most effective See also:

• WORKS

works was his attack on the Kabbala ('See also:

• ARI

Ari Nohem, first published in 1840), for in it he demonstrated that the " See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible of the Kabbalists" (the Zohar) was a See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition . He became best known, however, as the interpreter of Judaism to the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• WORLD

world . At the instance of an See also:

• ENGLISH

English nobleman he . prepared an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the religious customs of the See also:

• SYNAGOGUE (avvaywyii)
• SYNAGOGUE, UNITED

Synagogue, ' Riti Ebraici (1637) . This See also:

• BOOK

book was widely read by Christians; it was rendered into various See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, and in 165o was translated into English by See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Chilmead . At the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the Jewish question was coming to the fore in See also:

• LONDON

London, and Leon of See also:

• MODENA (ancient Mutina)

Modena's book did much to stimulate popular See also:

• INTEREST

interest . He died at Venice . See Graetz, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Jews (Eng. trans.), vol. v. ch. iii.; Jewish Encyclopedia, viii . 6; Geiger, Leon de Modena . (I .