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 | |
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Born | 26 April 1789 ![]() Acquaviva, Grand Duchy of Tuscany |
Died | 3 March 1832 ![]() Warsaw, Russian Empire |
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Occupation | Catholic 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
- "Considerazioni del canonico Luigi Chiarini professore di storia ecclesiastica e di lingue orientali nella R. Università di Varsavia e presidente della censura ebraica nel Regno di Polonia intorno al libro intitolato La Fionda di David o sia l'antichità ed autorità dei Punti Vocali nel Testo Ebreo dimostrata e difesa per il Dott. Rosellini Toscano". Nuova Collezione d'opuscoli letterarii. IV: 183–202. 1824. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- Fragment d'astronomie chaldéenne découvert dans le prophète Ezéchiel et éclairci par l'abbé C. Chiarini / Louis-A. Chiarini / Leipsig : J. A. G. Weigel, 1831
- Observations sur un article de la "Revue encyclopédique", dans lequel on examine le projet de traduire le Talmud de Babylone... / par l'abbé L. Chiarini... / Paris : impr. de F. Didot, 1829
- Théorie du Judaïsme, appliquée à la réforme des Israélites de tous les pays de l'Europe, et servant en même temps d'ouvrage préparatoire à la version du Thalmud de Babylone / par l'Abbé L. A. Chiarini / Paris : J. Barbezat, 1830
- Le Thalmud de Babylone, traduit en langue française et completé par celui de Jérusalem et par d'autres monuments de l'antiquité judaïque (in French). Vol. 1. Leipzig. J. A. G. Weigel. 1831.
- Le Thalmud de Babylone, traduit en langue française et completé par celui de Jérusalem et par d'autres monuments de l'antiquité judaïque (in French). Vol. 2. Leipzig. J. A. G. Weigel. 1831.
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.
References
- https://www.idref.fr/111495830
- https://books.google.ch/books?id=LXQ3PMuVYy0C&pg=PA399&lpg=PA399&dq=abb%C3%A9+l.+chiarini&source=bl&ots=BVxB_jKSya&sig=ACfU3U3L19g_DbF18pJEe5DeWyvu7iy3XA&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwil7PboiYrkAhWCepoKHZeHCqYQ6AEwDXoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=abb%C3%A9%20l.%20chiarini&f=false Journal asiatique, p. 399
- Le Coran – Traduction par Albert Kazimirski (1844), www.lenoblecoran.fr (consulté le 13 juin 2018)