Arlotto of Prato (died 1286) was an

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theologian. He became

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at the end of his life. Arlotto is known also for the ''Quaestio de Aeternitate Mundi,'' and as a Biblical scholar. He compiled a

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, of the

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. This is sometimes cited as the first such. It was in fact based on an earlier thirteenth century work of Hugh of St. Cher. The '' Jewish Encyclopedia'' states that Arlotto's work was then used as a model for a Hebrew Bible concordance, by

Isaac Nathan ben Kalonymus Isaac Nathan ben Kalonymus was a French Jewish philosopher and controversialist. He lived at Arles, perhaps at Avignon also, and in other places, in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. He belonged to the well-known Nathan family, which claime ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Arlotto of Prato 13th-century births 1286 deaths People from Prato Italian Friars Minor Franciscan theologians Ministers General of the Order of Friars Minor 13th-century Italian Roman Catholic theologians Italian biblical scholars