From Christian Hebraism to Jewish Studies: Johannes Buxtorf (1564-1629) and Hebrew Learning in the Seventeenth Century

This book examines how Johannes Buxtorf's works helped to transform seventeenth-century Hebrew studies from the hobby of a few experts into a recognized academic discipline. The first two chapters examine Buxtorf's career as a professor of Hebrew and as an editor and censor of Jewish books...

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Main Author: Burnett, Stephen G. 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill 1996
In:Year: 1996
Series/Journal:Studies in the History of Christian Traditions 68
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Further subjects:B Christian Hebraists
B Christian Hebraists (Switzerland) Biography
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: From Christian Hebraism to Jewish Studies: Johannes Buxtorf (1564-1629) and Hebrew Learning in the Seventeenth Century. - Leiden : Brill, 1996. - 9789004103467
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Summary:This book examines how Johannes Buxtorf's works helped to transform seventeenth-century Hebrew studies from the hobby of a few experts into a recognized academic discipline. The first two chapters examine Buxtorf's career as a professor of Hebrew and as an editor and censor of Jewish books in Basel. Successive chapters analyze his anti-Jewish polemical books, grammars and lexicons, and manuals for Hebrew composition and literature, including the first bibliography devoted to Jewish books. The final chapters treat his work in biblical studies, examining his contribution to Targum and Massorah studies, and his position on the age and doctrinal authority of the Hebrew vowel points. The chapters on anti-Jewish polemics and the vowel points will interest Jewish historians and Church historians
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9004473556
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004473553