Christian Hebraism in the Reformation era (1500-1660) :

Burnett, Stephen G.

Christian Hebraism in the Reformation era (1500-1660) : authors, books, and the transmission of Jewish learning / by Stephen G. Burnett. - Leiden : Brill, 2012. - xx, 344 p. : 2 maps ; 25 cm. - Library of the written word, The handpress world ; v. 19. v. 13. . - Library of the written word ; 19. Library of the written word. Handpress world ; 13. .

Includes bibliography (p. [305]-330) and index.

Birth of a Christian Hebrew reading public -- Hebraist authors and their supporters : centers, peripheries, and the growth of an academic Hebrew culture -- Hebraist authors and the mediation of Jewish scholarship -- Judaica libraries : imagined and real -- Christian Hebrew book market : printers and booksellers -- Press controls and the Hebraist discourse in Reformation Europe -- Christian Hebraist authors, 1501-1660 -- Christian Hebrew printers and publishers -- Christian Hebrew book production : typesetting and type. Introduction -- The Conclusion -- Appendix 1 : Appendix 2 : Appendix 3 :

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Christian Hebraists--History--Europe--16th century.
Christian Hebraists--History--Europe--17th century.
Christian Hebraists--Europe--16th century--Biography.
Christian Hebraists--Europe--17th century--Biography.
Jewish learning and scholarship--History--Europe--16th century.
Jewish learning and scholarship--History--Europe--17th century.
Christianity and other religions--Relations--Judaism--History--16th century.
Christianity and other religions--Relations--Judaism--History--17th century.
Judaism--Relations--Christianity--History--16th century.
Judaism--Relations--Christianity--History--17th century.

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