Marco Marini (Brescia 154220 May 1594) was an Italian orientalist, and censor of

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publications for the Vatican. He prepared the first published edition of

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Biography

Marco Marini was born in Brescia of a wealthy and noble family. At a young age he entered the Canons Regular of the Congregation of S. Salvatore in San Giovanni of Brescia. He engaged in

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and studied Hebrew with Paolo Veneto, a converted Jew who was also a member of the same Congregation. He authored a commentary on

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and a Hebrew-Latin dictionary. Among other things, he was charged by the

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with the censorship of several Hebrew books, including ''Rosh Emuna'' of

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, the commentary of Obadja Sforno, and ''

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''. He died in Brescia in 1594.

Works

* ms61 – a translation into Hebrew of the Gospels of Matthew and Mark from the convent of the Canons Regular of San Salvatore at

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, where Marini was a canon in 1568. * The first edition of

. * a Hebrew grammar entitled * a Hebrew dictionary entitled

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marini, Marco Censors 1542 births 1594 deaths People from Brescia Christian Hebraists Italian Hebraists Italian orientalists Translators of the New Testament into Hebrew