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Monograph on Jewish principles and concepts by Aron Luzzatto. The full title is, Un Miscuglio, opuscolo (a Concoction, a Pamphlet). There is a preface and the text, divided into fifty chapters, some further subdivided. The topics include proclamation of the law (La promulgazione delle legge); the chain of tradition (La catena della tradizione); the prophets (I Profeti); the rabbis opf the Mishnah (I Rabbinni della Misna); the Mishnah; the Talmud; the geonim; sacred books; the biography of Maimonides, the biography of Kimhi; the validity of the Talmud; a false opionion; a badly based opinion (Un opinione mal basata); ritual; the fifth article of faith (Il quinto articolo di fede); the second day of festivals (Il secendo giorno di festa); the holy language (La lingua santa); ten martyrs (I dieci martiri); and many others. The text is primarily in Italian with occasional Hebrew. One chapter, XXII Talmudic phrases, consists of numerous sayings from that work in Hebrew with Italian translation. This copy was not previously used, the pages still uncut.
Luzzatto was also the author of Gal avanim: Kolel ha-Matsevot ba’ir Tri'esti (Trieste, 1851), and was the editor of Preghiere che si recitana dagl‘ Israeliti di Trieste durante l'invasione del cholera asiatico (Trieste, 1855). The family name, Luzzatto, is one of Italian scholars whose genealogy can be traced back to the first half of the sixteenth century. According to a tradition communicated by S. D. Luzzatto the family descends from a German who immigrated into Italy from the province of Lausitz, and who was named after his native place ("Lausatia," "Lausiatus" = "Luzzatto"). The name "Luzzatti," which one branch of this family bears, can similarly be traced back to the plural form "Lausiati." The German rite is credibly reported to have been observed in the family synagogue (Scuola Luzzatto) in Venice. |
