ALEMANNO, JOHANAN. – Jewish Platonizing philosopher, born, according to some, in Constantinople, but who lived in Florence in the second half of the 15th century. He was among the humanists patronized by Lorenzo the Magnificent. Pico della Mirandola was his friend and had him as a teacher of Hebrew and Kabbalah. In his exegetical works on the Song of Songs (Héseq Sélomôh, “The Desire of Solomon,” cf. 1 Kings 9:1) and on the Pentateuch ('Enê hâ-êdâh, “The Eyes of the Synagogue,” cf. Num 14:36), allegory prevails with a philosophical aim. Moral Platonism stands out in Il Vivente per l’eternità (Haj hâ-ôlâ-nîm), on the path to union with God. His works, for the most part unpublished, are imperfectly known.
ALEMANNO, JOHANAN
