Elijah Delmedigo

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Elijah Delmedigo (1460-1497), philosopher, taught in several Italian centres of learning. He translated some of Averroes commentaries into Latin at the instigation of Pico di Mirandola. In the sphere of religion, Delmedigo represents the tendency to depart from the scholastic attitude in which religion and philosophy were identified. His most important work was devoted to this end; it was entitled Behinath ha-Dat/s (Investigation of Religion).

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