Bologna
Italy
Bologna, a city in north-central Italy, had a medieval and Renaissance Jewish community and was an early center of Hebrew printing. The biblical commentator and physician Rabbi Ovadiah Sforno (c. 1475-1550), author of a widely studied commentary on the Torah, lived and taught in Bologna.
1 teacher · 5 works · 12 most-discussed ideas
Teachers who lived here
Works composed here
Ideas shaped here
Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Bologna. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.
- Avodah Zarah (Idolatry)43 passages
- Brit (Covenant)41 passages
- Yetziat Mitzrayim (The Exodus from Egypt)40 passages
- Teshuvah (Return / Repentance)32 passages
- Nevuah (Prophecy)30 passages
- Shabbat (The Sabbath)30 passages
- Tzelem Elokim (Divine Image)27 passages
- Kapparah (Atonement, theological concept)22 passages
- Kedushah (Holiness)22 passages
- Cheit HaMeraglim (Sin of the Spies)19 passages
- Shemitah / Sheviit (Sabbatical Year)17 passages
- Hashgachah Pratit (Particular Providence)15 passages