Piero
Capelli
University of Venice
Primo Levi Fellowship
Research Topic
Jewish-Christian Polemics: The Talmud and Rabbinic Literature as a Sign of Inner-Jewish Dissent
Bio
Piero Capelli is Associate Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at the University of Venice. His current research projects include medieval polemic literature and a study of the Greek sources of Nahmanides’ medical knowledge. This year, Capelli prepares a critical edition of R. Yehiel of Paris’s account of the trial against the Talmud (1240).
