Bologna
Italy
Bologna, a city in north-central Italy, had a medieval and Renaissance Jewish community and was an early center of Hebrew printing. The biblical commentator and physician Rabbi Ovadiah Sforno (c. 1475-1550), author of a widely studied commentary on the Torah, lived and taught in Bologna.
1 teacher · 5 works · 12 most-discussed ideas
Teachers who lived here
Peter Lombard
Peter Lombard (1096–1160)
early studies 1127–1133
Girolamo Savonarola
Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498)
Dominican novitiate 1475–1479
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543)
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Sforno
Ovadia Sforno (1475–1549)
death 1524–1550
Girolamo Cardano
Girolamo Cardano (1501–1576)
Ulisse Aldrovandi
Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605)
Ulisse Aldrovandi
Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605)
Ulisse Aldrovandi
Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605)
Ulisse Aldrovandi
Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605)
Bonaventura Cavalieri
Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598–1647)
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–1799)
Works composed here
Ideas shaped here
Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Bologna. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.
- Avodah Zarah (Idolatry)43 passages
- Brit (Covenant)41 passages
- Yetziat Mitzrayim (The Exodus from Egypt)40 passages
- Teshuvah (Return / Repentance)32 passages
- Nevuah (Prophecy)30 passages
- Shabbat (The Sabbath)30 passages
- Tzelem Elokim (Divine Image)27 passages
- Kapparah (Atonement, theological concept)22 passages
- Kedushah (Holiness)22 passages
- Cheit HaMeraglim (Sin of the Spies)19 passages
- Shemitah / Sheviit (Sabbatical Year)17 passages
- Hashgachah Pratit (Particular Providence)15 passages