"I have always loved the holy tongue": Isaac Casaubon, the Jews, and a forgotten chapter in Renaissance scholarship

Fusing high scholarship with high drama, Anthony Grafton and Joanna Weinberg uncover a secret and extraordinary aspect of a legendary Renaissance scholar's already celebrated achievement. The French Protestant Isaac Casaubon (1550-1614) is known to us through his pedantic namesake in George Eli...

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Contributors: Grafton, Anthony 1950- (Other) ; Weinberg, Joanna 1949- (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, Mass Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2011
In:Year: 2011
Reviews:[Rezension von: Anthony Grafton; Joanna Weinberg, “I Have Always Loved the Holy Tongue”. Isaac Casaubon, the Jews, and a forgotten chapter in renaissance scholarship] (2012) (Coudert, Allison P., 1941 -)
I have always loved the holy tongue. Isaac Casaubon, the Jews, and a forgotten chapter in Renaissance scholarship. By Anthony Grafton and Joanna Weinberg (with Alastair Hamilton). Pp. xi+380 incl. 42 ills. Cambridge, Ma–London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011. £25.95. 978 0 674 04840 9 (2012) (Austin, Kenneth)
[Rezension von: Grafton, Anthony, "I have always loved the Holy Tongue": Isaac Casaubon, The Jews, and a Forgotten Chapter in Renaissance Scholarship] (2012) (Balserak, Jon)
Further subjects:B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc History 17th century
B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc History Criticism, interpretation, etc History 16th century 17th century
B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc History 17th century
B Old Testament scholars
B Bible
B Old Testament scholars Biography
B History
B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc History 16th century
B RELIGION ; Judaism ; History
B Biographies
B Casaubon, Isaac
B Christian Hebraists Biography
B Christian Hebraists
B Casaubon, Isaac (1559-1614)
B Christian Hebraists Biography
B BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY ; General
B Old Testament scholars Biography
B Electronic books
B Casaubon, Isaac 1559-1614
B Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc History 16th century
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Summary:Fusing high scholarship with high drama, Anthony Grafton and Joanna Weinberg uncover a secret and extraordinary aspect of a legendary Renaissance scholar's already celebrated achievement. The French Protestant Isaac Casaubon (1550-1614) is known to us through his pedantic namesake in George Eliot's Middlemardz. But in this book, the real Casaubon emerges as a genuine literary hero, an intrepid explorer in the world of books, With a flair for storytelling reminiscent of Umberto ken, Grafton and Weinberg follow Casaubon as he unearths the lost continent of Hebrew learning and adds this ancient lore to the well known Renaissance revival of Latin and Greek
Rabbi Isaac Casaubon : a Hellenist meets the Jews -- How Casaubon read Hebrew texts -- Wider horizons in Hebraic studies -- Casaubon and Baronio : early Christianity in a Jewish setting -- The teller and the tale : what Casaubon learned from Jews -- Appendices : 1. The long apprenticeship : Casaubon and Arabic / Alastair Hamilton -- 2. Casaubon on the Masoretic text -- 3. Casaubon's Hebrew and Judaic library.
Item Description:"Based on the Carl Newell Jackson lectures"--Prelim. p. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
ISBN:0674058496