Johann Buxtorf, Impresario of Hebrew and Jewish Books

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2025
Author
Author: Anthony Grafton
Author: Joanna Weinberg
Language
English
Number of Pages
275 pp.
Publisher
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
City
Toronto, Canada
Region
Europe
Demographics
Jewish People, non US
Chronological Period
17th century
ISBN
9780888442390
Annotation

Buxtorf (1564–1629) was a scholar at the University of Basel, Switzerland who studied a wide range of Jewish texts and published a catalogue of Hebrew books.

Contents:

  • Johann Buxtorf Makes a Notebook
  • Compilation and Observation in Buxtorf 's Synagogue of the Jews
  • Guides to Reading Jewish Texts: Buxtorf the Bibliographer
  • In the Printing House: Buxtorf the Bookman
  • Buxtorf and Censorship
  • Tiberias: Buxtorf on the Masoretic Vowel Points and Accents.
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