John of Capua also known as Johannes de Capua and Giovanni da Capua (born earlier than 1250, died later than 1300) was an Italian Jewish convert to Christianity, and a translator. He translated Rabbi Joel's Hebrew version of ''Kalilah wa-Dimnah'' into Latin under the title ''Directorium Vitae Humanae''. His translation was the source from which that work became so widely spread in almost all European languages. It was edited by

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(Paris, 1887). John of Capua also translated

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' ''Dietary'' and

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's (Avenzoar's) ''Al-Taisir'', on diseases.

References

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Brief biography of John of Capua
at ''Jewish Virtual Library''

External links

* ttps://archive.org/details/directoriumhuma00unkngoog Directorium humanae vitae, alias parabolae antiquorum sapientum edited by Puntoni, 1884, at Google Books Hebrew–Latin translators Fabulists Converts to Roman Catholicism from Judaism Italian Roman Catholics 13th-century Latin writers 13th-century Italian Jews 13th-century Italian writers 13th-century translators Jewish Italian writers {{Italy-translator-stub