Samuel David Luzzatto, also known by the Hebrew acronym Shadal, was an Italian-Austrian Jewish scholar, poet, and a member of the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement.
Luzzato, from an 1865 engraving.
Luzzatto's family tree.
Portrait of Luzzatto, unknown date.
Wissenschaft des Judentums
"Wissenschaft des Judentums" refers to a nineteenth-century movement premised on the critical investigation of Jewish literature and culture, including rabbinic literature, to analyze the origins of Jewish traditions.
First edition from 1822
Leopold Zunz (1794–1886), a founder of the Verein für Wissenschaft des Judentums
Heinrich Graetz, (1817–1891): his magnum opus History of the Jews was written in the spirit of Wissenschaft des Judentums.