Creator Bio
Angelo (Mordechai) de Soria
18th Century
Angelo de Soria lived in Leghorn (Livorno), Italy, and was active in the mid-eighteenth century. After graduating from the University of Pisa’s medical school in 1754, he played a key role in the decree issued by the university in 1755—which would last eleven years—making non-Catholic tuition the same as Catholic tuition for that university. His writing was inspired by the Bible, Midrash, and Mishnah, as well as Sephardic philosophers.
Content by Angelo (Mordechai) de Soria
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A Public Speech on Temptation, Composed by Mordechai de Abraham de Soria, and Which Was Delivered by a Student of His on His Bar Mitzvah, on the First Day of Sukkot
Do not judge me so vain (O Reader) that, to make myself wise, I would publish my efforts for the world to see, especially when they open your eyes to their pathetic titles. For this is a…
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European Rabbinic Scholarship
1750–1880
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