Luigi Chiarini (abbot)

Luigi Chiarini was an Italian abbot and translator, born near Montepulciano (Italy), April 26, 1789, died February 28, 1832 in Warsaw (Poland), known for the first translation of the Talmud (Talmud of Babylon and Talmud of Jerusalem) in French.

Luigi Chiarini
Born26 April 1789 
Acquaviva, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Died3 March 1832  (aged 42)
Warsaw, Russian Empire
Alma mater
OccupationCatholic priest, translator, university teacher, orientalist 

Biography

He was Professor of Oriental Languages and Antiquities at the Royal University of Warsaw in 1826. He was the author of "Theory of Judaism, applied to the reform of the Israelites of all the countries of Europe and at the same time serving as a preparatory work for the version of the Thalmud of Babylon" (1830).[1] His translation of the Talmud benefited from a grant from Tsar Nicholas I (Emperor of Russia).[2] He is the Hebrew teacher of Albert Kazimirski of Biberstein.[3] His portrait by Tebaldo Fumi can be found in the Museo Civico di Montepulciano.

Works

Bibliography

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herman, Rosenthal (1901–1906). "CHIARINI, LUIGI". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
  • (in) Roman Marcinkowski, "Luigi Chiarini (1789-1832): An Anti-Judaism Reformer of Judaism", Studia Judaica, vol. 7, No. 2, 2004, p. 237-248.
  • Arnold Sages, "Luigi Chiarini: Case Study in Intellectual Anti-Semitism," Judaica, vol. 37, No. 2, nineteen eighty one, p. 76-89.

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