ALEMANNO, JOHANAN. – Jewish Platonizing philosopher, born, according to some, in Constantinople, but active in Florence during the second half of the 15th century. He was among the humanists protected by Lorenzo il Magnifico. Pico della Mirandola was his friend and had him as his teacher of Hebrew and Kabbalah. In his exegetical works on the Song of Songs (Hēleq Šēlōmōh “Solomon’s Desire,” cf. I Reg. 9:1) and on the Pentateuch ('Ēnē hā-'ēdāh: “The Eyes of the Synagogue,” cf. Num. 14:36), allegory for philosophical purposes predominates. Moral Platonism stands out in The Living One for Eternity (Haj hā-'ōlāmīm), as a path toward union with God. His works, for the most part unpublished, are imperfectly known.
ALEMANNO, JOHANAN
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“ALEMANNO, JOHANAN.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), p. 462. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/alemanno-johanan.