Stephen G. Burnett

From Christian Hebraism to Jewish Studies

Johannes Buxtorf (1564-1629) and Hebrew Learning in the Seventeenth Century

This book explains how a form of 'Jewish studies' took root in Protestant universities during the seventeenth century through Johannes Buxtorf's pione...

Christian Hebraism in the Reformation Era (1500-1660)

Authors, Books, and the Transmission of Jewish Learning

Christian Hebraism in early modern Europe has traditionally been interpreted as the pursuit of a few exceptional scholars, but in the sixteenth centur...