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Persönliche Daten David Nieto 

• Er wurde geboren am 10. Januar 1654 in Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy.Quelle 2
• Alternative: Er wurde geboren am 18. Januar 1654 in Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy.
• Alternative: Er wurde geboren rund 11. Januar 1653 in Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy.
• Alternative: Er wurde geboren am 18. Januar 1654 in Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy.
• Wohnhaft:
• im Jahr 1704: Aldgate, England.Quelle 3
• im Jahr 1703: Aldgate, England.Quelle 3
• Er ist verstorben am 10. Januar 1728 in Mile End, Essex, England, United Kingdom, er war 74 Jahre alt.Quellen 2, 4, 5
• Alternative: Er ist verstorben rund 10. Januar 1727 in Mile End, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
• Er wurde beerdigt in Mile End-Velho (Old) Jewish Cemetery Sephardi, Mile End Road. E1.Quellen 4, 5
• Ein Kind von Phineas Nieto

Familie von David Nieto

Er hat eine Beziehung mit Sarah Gomes? de Mesquita?.

Kind(er):

1. Isaac Nieto  1687-1773 
2. Mosseh Nieto  ± -1740
3. Phineas Nieto  

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David Nieto (1654, Venice–10 January 1728, London) was the Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community in London, later succeeded in this capacity by his son, Isaac Nieto. Nieto was one of the most accomplished Jews of his time and was equally distinguished as philosopher, physician, poet, mathematician, astronomer, and theologian. A prolific writer, his connection with Christian scholars was extensive, especially with Ungar, the bibliographer.
He first practised as a physician and officiated as a Jewish preacher at Livorno, Italy. There he wrote in Italian a work entitled "Paschologia" (Cologne, 1702), in which he dealt with the differences of calculation in the calendars of the Greek, Roman, and Jewish churches, and demonstrated the errors which had crept into the calendar from the First Council of Nicaea until 1692.
In 1702 Nieto succeeded Solomon Ayllon as ecclesiastical chief of the Portuguese Jews in London; and two years after his settlement in that city he published his theological treatise, Della Divina Providencia, ó sea Naturalezza Universal, ó Natura Naturante (London, 1704). He explained that 'nature' was a modern word, and in reality referred to the action of God in governing natural phenomena.
This work provoked opposition against him, including accusations of Spinozism (which in the atmosphere of the time meant pantheism or atheism), but some of the accusers were believed to be heretics motivated by their support for Shabbetai Zevi. Tzvi Ashkenazi, who was called in as arbitrator, decided in his favor (Hakham Tzvi, Responsa, No. 18). Not only was he exonerated, but he was highly praised for his teachings. Nieto was also highly praised by Rabbi Chaim Azulay (the 'Chida').
Nieto was a powerful controversialist. In his Matteh Dan, or Kuzari Heleq Sheni (London, 1714), written in Hebrew and Spanish on the model of the Kuzari of Judah ha-Levi, he defended the Oral Torah against the Karaites, and showed that the disagreements in the Talmud lay not in essential laws but in minor matters. (Within the fictional framework of the book, his spokesman argues against the historic Karaite etc., even quoting from Karaite literature, but as there were few if any actual Karaites in Western Europe at the time of writing, the real attack was against Jewish dissidents such as Uriel Acosta.)
He also waged war untiringly on the supporters of the Shabbethaian heresies, which he regarded as dangerous to the best interests of Judaism, and in this connection wrote his Esh Dat (London, 1715) against Hayyun (who supported Shabbetai Zevi).
Nieto was the first to fix the time for the beginning of Sabbath eve for the latitude of England.

Haham of the Sephardic community in London; born at Venice 1654; died in London Jan. 10, 1728. He first practised as a physician and officiated as a Jewish preacher at Leghorn, Italy. There he wrote in Italian a work entitled "Paschologia" (Cologne, 1702), in which he dealt with the differences of calculation in the calendars of the Greek, Roman, and Jewish churches, and demonstrated the errors which had crept into the calendar from the Council of Nice until 1692. In 1702 Nieto succeeded Solomon Ayllon as ecclesiastical chief of the Portuguese Jews in London; and two years after his settlement there he published his theological treatise, "Della Divina Providencia, ó sea Naturalezza Universal, ó Natura Naturante" (London, 1704). This work provoked much opposition against him; and it was used by his opponents as ground for accusing him openly of Spinozism, which at that period was equivalent to atheism. However, ebi Ashkenazi , who was called in as arbitrator, decided in his favor ( akam ebi, Responsa, No. 18).
Nieto was a powerful controversialist. In his "Ma eh Dan," or "Kuzari ele Sheni" (London, 1714), written in Hebrew and Spanish on the model of the "Cuzari" of Judah ha-Levi, he defended the oral law against the Karaites, and showed that the contradictions of the Talmud lay not in essentials but in externals. He waged war untiringly on the supporters of the Shabbethaian heresies, which he regarded as dangerous to the best interests of Judaism, and in this connection wrote his "Esh Dat" (London, 1715) against ayyun.
Nieto was one of the most accomplished Jews of his time and was equally distinguished as philosopher, physician, poet, mathematician, astronomer, and theologian. A prolific writer, his intercourse with Christian scholars was extensive, especially with Ungar, the bibliographer. Nieto was the first to fix the time for the beginning of Sabbath eve for the latitude of England.

Born Venice, son of Phineas (Pinhas) Nieto, 1654; studied medicine at the University of Padua; functioned as dayan (religious judge), preacher, and physician in Livorno; married Sara,before 1687; three sons; Haham (chief rabbi) of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in London, 1701-1728; founded an orphan asylum, Sha'ar Or ve-Avi ha-Yetomim, 1703; as the result of a sermon preached in 1703 on divine providence he was accused by a congregant of heresy; a furore ensued, involving even the Attorney-General, and culminated in Nieto's exoneration in 1705; founded a Bikur Holim (sociey for visiting the sick), 1709; wrote numerous scholarly works and achieved general celebrity through his engagement in the philosophical controversy of the day; proficient in languages and an astronomer of some repute; his writings show evidence of wide reading in science and the humanities; he argued for the compatibility of Judaism and scientific investigations; died 1728. Publications include: 'Pascalogia' (1702); 'De La Divina Providencia; (1704); 'Mateh Dan', a defence of the oral law (1714); 'Esh Dat', an attack on the popular rabbi Nehemiah Hayon, a suspected follower of the false messiah Shabbethai Tzevi (1715)

The Genoese people who owned houses in Gibraltar at that time, were actually quite easily identifiable and had perfectly normal Genoese names such as Lorenzo Picardo, Domingo Fabio, Andres Canova, Antonio Grana, Antonio Viale, and another half dozen or so with similar ones. Nevertheless the overall impression is that the officer who took the roll either didn’t know how to find out or didn’t care. In other words the authorities had no idea as to who was actually entitled to live on the Rock, who was just visiting or who was living there illegally.

Curiously the 1712 list was less vague when it came to identifying the Jewish inhabitants, an indication perhaps of their growing importance to the garrison, not to mention the Governor’s earnings. It reveals the obvious, that most of them came from Tetuan but there were others from elsewhere. Isaac and Phineas Nieto, the sons of the London Rabbi David had arrived from the capital. Isaac would later become chief Rabbi of Gibraltar. Jacob Cardozo Nuñez ( see LINK ) came from Portugal in 1719 when he was 10 years old. He was destined to produce one of the most prosperous families on the Rock. Jews recently arrived from Livorno and elsewhere are also mentioned.

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