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Portaleone, Abraham ben David

Born: Mantua, 1542

Died: Mantua, 1612

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Abraham ben David Portaleone (Mantua 1542–1612), Jewish physician and author of an encyclopedic-religious work written in Hebrew the Shilte ha-gibborim and of a Latin treatise in form of dialogue on the properties of gold (Dialogi tres de auro) which features epistemological considerations on the value of human knowledge and on its relation to religion and faith.

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  • Avraham Portaleone, Responsorum et consultationum medicinalium liber. Per me David eius filium collectae et conscriptae cum indice locupletissimo Anno MDCVII (Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Latin 13004).

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  • Portaleone, Abraham ben David. 1584. Dialogi tres de auro, in quibus non solum de auri in re medica facultate, verum etiam de specifica eius et ceterarum rerum forma seu duplici potestate, qua mixtis in omnibus illa operatur, ad Sereniss. Dom. Guil. Gonzagam. Venetiis: apud Ioannem Baptsitam a Porta.

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  • Portaleone, Abraham ben David. 1612. Shilte ha-gibborim. Mantua (printed in the house of the author).

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  1. Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany

    Gianfranco Miletto

  2. Seminar für Judaistik, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Halle an der Saale, Germany

    Gianfranco Miletto

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  1. Dept. of Philosophy a. Cultural Heritage, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia Dept. of Philosophy a. Cultural Heritage, Venezia, Italy

    Marco Sgarbi

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  1. Finnish Center of Political Thought & Conceptual Change, JYVÄSKYLÄN YLIOPISTO, Finland

    Vasileios Syros

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Miletto, G. (2018). Portaleone, Abraham ben David. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_821-1

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