Giovanni Battista Jona, originally Judah Jonah of Safed, (d.1678), was a Hebrew writer at the Vatican.[1] Along with the censor Domenico Gerosolimitano he was one of two converted Jewish Scriptens at the Vatican who each produced translations of the New Testament into Hebrew.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Miscellanea bibliothecae apostolicae vaticanae 331 Biblioteca apostolica vaticana - 1988 " Giovanni Battista Jona Galilei (gest. 1678; scrittore ebraico seit 20. Oktober 1650)"
  2. ↑ W. Faber, «Zwei Ùbersetzer des Neuen Testaments (Domenico Gerosolimitano und Giovanni Battista Jona)», Saat auf Hoffnung 15 (1888), pp. 33-38.



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