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Anania Coen
1750–1834
Graziado Vita Anania Coen was born in Reggio nell’Emilia, a northern Italian town with a long history of notable rabbis and scholars, and Coen himself established a rabbinical school there. Besides his theological work, he published several treatises on the nature of the Hebrew language and Hebrew poetry, in addition to his own collections of poems. He also established the first Hebrew printing press in Florence, and became chief rabbi of this city in 1825, a position he held until his death.
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An Essay on Hebrew Eloquence, Exposed in a Practical Lesson by Doctor Anania Coen, First Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Florence
To truly form a sense of good taste, one must be in full command of the metaphysics of the sacred tongue, something which is so necessary (and which…
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