CASTELLI, DAVID. — Jewish exegete, born in Livorno on 30 December 1836, died in Florence on 31 January 1901. He was initially a private tutor and secretary of the Jewish Community of Pisa; from 1866 until his death, professor of Hebrew language and literature at the University of Florence. He was the first to disseminate Wellhausen’s doctrines in Italy.
His principal works are: Il Messia secondo gli ebrei, Florence 1874; Della poesia biblica (ibid. 1878); Il Commento di Sabatal Donnolo al libro della Creazione (ibid. 1880); La profezia nella Bibbia (ibid. 1882); La legge del popolo ebraico nel suo svolgimento storico (ibid. 1884); Storia degli Israeliti (ibid. 1887–88); Il Cantico dei Cantici (ibid. 1902); Il libro di Giobbe (5th ed., Lanciano, n.d.).