Capitolo 81
Graetz.--IV, P. 618 [657].
SABBATAI ZEVI.
Graetz.--V, P. 118 [125].
CHASSIDIM.
Graetz.--V, 9.
Schechter.--_Studies in Judaism_, p. 1.
I CAPITULATE XVIII
ITALIAN JEWISH POETRY
Immanuel and Dante.--The Machberoth.--Judah
Romano.--Kalonymos.--The Eben Bochan.--Moses Rieti.--Messer
Leon.
The course of the Jewish literature in Italy worked along the same lines as in
Spain. The Italian group of authors was less diamond but the
difference was one of degree, not of kind. The Italian aristocracy, as
the Moorish caliphs and viziers, patronized culture and it encouraged the
Hebrews in their literary ambitions.
He/she anchors the fact that the inspiration in Spain came from Islam and in Italy
from the Christianity of the consequences they produced. In Spain the Hebrews followed
You model Arabs of style. In Italy the influence of classical models was
felt to the duration of the Renaissance. More notable than all it was the
indebtedness of the Israelite poets of Italy to Dante.
It is not unlikely that Dante was a personal friend of the most famous
of these Jewish poets, Immanuel, the child of Solomon in Rome. As the
other Hebrews of Rome, Immanuel was standing in the friendliest relationships with
Cristiano, for in any place medieval intolerance was less felt that in the
the a lot of place of the Pope, the head of the Church. This way, on the one hand
Immanuel was a principal member of the synagogue, and, on the other, him
a literary correspondence continued with Cristiano learned, with
poets and men of science. Him he was a physician and his/her poems
a scientific spirit breathes. As happened first in Spain, the circle of
Immanuel considered verse-creation it departs some culture of a researcher.
Witty verses, in the form of riddles and epigrams you/they had exchanged to the
reunions of the circle. With these poets, Kalonymos was among who
included, the penning of verses was a way. On the other hand the music
it was not so very cultivated from the Italian Hebrews as from the Spaniard.
Immanuel and Kalonymos, miss from now, the lightness and melody of the