Title
"I have always loved the Holy Tongue" : Isaac Casaubon, the Jews, and a Forgotten Chapter in Renaissance Scholarship / Joanna Weinberg, Anthony Grafton.
ISBN
9780674058491
Published
Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (392 p.)
Call Number
PA85.C3 G73 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
296.092 B
Summary
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.
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Access limited to authorized users.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023)
Series
Carl Newell Jackson Lectures
Available in Other Form
print 9780674048409
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
