SAMUEL

See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

DAVID

See also:

• LUZZATTO, MOSES HAYIM (1707-1747)
• SAMUEL DAVID LUZZATTO (1800-1865)

LUZZATTO (1800-1865)  , Jewish scholar, was born at Trieste in 'Soo, and died at Padua in i865 . He was the most distinguished of the Italian Jewish scholars of the 19th century . The first Jew to suggest emendations to the text of the Hebrew Bible, he edited Isaiah (1856-1867), and wrote a commentary on the Pentateuch (1871) . His grammatical works were mostly written in Italian . He also contributed to the history of the Synagogue liturgy, and enjoys with Geiger (q.v.) and Zunz (q.v.) the honour of reviving interest in the medieval Hebrew hymnology and secular verse . See Gratz, History of the Jews (Eng. trans.), v . 622 seq . ; N . Slouschz, The Renascence of Hebrew Literature, pp . 84-92; the Jewish Encyclopedia, viii . 225-226, with list of works . (I .