Me'or Einayim — Light of the Eyes
מאור עיניים
Author: Azariah de' Rossi (c. 1511–1578)
Date: 1573
Preservation: Bibliothèque nationale de France, British Library
deposited on April 16, 2026 · History register · custodian, not owner
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Me'or Einayim is a pioneering work of Jewish historical criticism, considered the first work of Wissenschaft des Judentums before its time. Azariah de' Rossi examines rabbinic sources in light of Greco-Roman historiography and humanist philology, provoking considerable controversy.
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Me'or Einayim is a pioneering work of Jewish historical criticism, considered the first work of Wissenschaft des Judentums before its time. Azariah de' Rossi examines rabbinic sources in light of Greco-Roman historiography and humanist philology, provoking considerable controversy.