Samuel David Luzzatto
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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.
Luzzatto, from an 1865 engraving.
Luzzatto's family tree.
Portrait of Luzzatto, unknown date.
Wissenschaft des Judentums
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"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 J
Samuel David Luzzatto
…22 August 1800 – 30 September 1865), also known by the Hebrew acronym Shadal (שד״ל), was an Italian-Austrian Jewish scholar, poet, and a member of the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement. Luzzatto was born in Trieste on 22 August 1800 (Rosh Hodesh, 1 Elul, 5560), and died at Padua on 30 September 1865 (Yom Kippur, 10 Tishrei…
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.