Download or read book The Light of the Eyes written by Azariah ben Moses dei Rossi and published by Yale Judaica (Hardcover). This book was released on 2001 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book contains innovative studies on a wide range of subjects, including chronology, the origins of the Septuagint, the antiquity of the Hebrew language, and the nature of biblical poetry. De' Rossi lends unprecedented attention to the evidence of Josephus while his critique of Philo of Alexandria was the first attempt to assess the Jewish status of this Hellenistic philosopher.