The purpose of this work is to publish the eulogy (or hesped) delivered in praise of Italian Rabbi and Kabbalist Menahem Azaria da Fano (Lugo, 1548 - Mantua, 1620) contained in the seventeenth-century manuscript Neubauer 988 from the Bodleian Library of Oxford, ff. 309r-315r. Composed by his pupil Samuele Portaleone from Mantua on the occasion of his death, this eulogy gives us important biographical and literary information and allows us to learn more about the customs and the traditions that deal with the perception and the experience of death in the Italian Jewish community of seventeenth century, as well as its culture. This eulogy has become the key element in ensuring the survival of Menahem Azaria da Fano’s memory and making his righteous life an example for those living in anticipation of the Messianic redemption.
L’elogio funebre di Samuele Portaleone in morte di Menaḥem Azaria Fano / SINISI, GIANMARCO. - In: MATERIA GIUDAICA. - ISSN 2282-4499. - STAMPA. - XX-XXI (2015-2016):(2016), pp. 179-213.
L’elogio funebre di Samuele Portaleone in morte di Menaḥem Azaria Fano.
SINISI, GIANMARCO
2016
Abstract
The purpose of this work is to publish the eulogy (or hesped) delivered in praise of Italian Rabbi and Kabbalist Menahem Azaria da Fano (Lugo, 1548 - Mantua, 1620) contained in the seventeenth-century manuscript Neubauer 988 from the Bodleian Library of Oxford, ff. 309r-315r. Composed by his pupil Samuele Portaleone from Mantua on the occasion of his death, this eulogy gives us important biographical and literary information and allows us to learn more about the customs and the traditions that deal with the perception and the experience of death in the Italian Jewish community of seventeenth century, as well as its culture. This eulogy has become the key element in ensuring the survival of Menahem Azaria da Fano’s memory and making his righteous life an example for those living in anticipation of the Messianic redemption.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.