Christian Hebraism in theReformation Era (1500-1660); Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; List of Tables and Maps; Maps; Introduction; 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; The Christian Hebrew Book Market: Printers and Booksellers1; Press Controls and the Hebraist Discourse In Reformation Europe; Conclusion
Christian Hebrew Book Production: Typesetting and TypeBibliography; Index
Summary
The Reformation transformed Christian Hebraism from the pursuit of a few into an academic discipline. This book explains that transformation by focusing on how authors, printers, booksellers, and censors created a public discussion of Hebrew and Jewish texts