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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789851303321

Autore

Grafton Anthony

Titolo

"I have always loved the holy tongue" [[electronic resource] ] : Isaac Casaubon, the Jews, and a forgotten chapter in Renaissance scholarship / / Anthony Grafton, Joanna Weinberg ; with Alastair Hamilton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press, 2011

ISBN

0-674-25415-5

0-674-05849-6

Descrizione fisica

x, 380 p

Collana

Carl Newell Jackson Lectures

Altri autori (Persone)

WeinbergJoanna <1949->

HamiltonAlastair

Disciplina

296.092

B

Soggetti

Old Testament scholars

Christian Hebraists

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- A Note to Readers -- 1. Rabbi Isaac Casaubon: A Hellenist Meets the -- 2. How Casaubon Read Hebrew Texts -- 3. Wider Horizons in Hebraic Studies -- 4. Casaubon and Baronio: Early Christianity in a Jewish Setting -- 5. The Teller and the Tale: What Casaubon Learned from -- Appendix 1, The Long Apprenticeship: Casaubon and Arabic -- Appendix 2. Casaubon on the Masoretic Text -- Appendix 3. Casaubon’s Hebrew and Judaic Library -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Isaac Casaubon (1559-1614) was one of Europe’s greatest Protestant scholars during the late Renaissance and was renowned for his expert knowledge of the early history of the church. Today, however, most of Casaubon’s books remain unread, and much of his vast archive remains unexplored. Grafton and Weinberg’s close examination of his papers reveal for the first time that Casaubon’s scholarship was broader and richer than anyone has previously suspected, and they present a Casaubon not found in earlier literature: one who used Jewish materials to illuminate, and at times to transform, scholars’ understanding of of early Christianity; and one who, at the end of his life, worked with a



little-known Jewish scholar in order to master parts of the Talmud, which few Christians could study on their own. Most importantly , this book shows that a Christian scholar of the European Renaissance could explore—and develop striking sympathy and affection for—the alien world and worship of the Jews.