Christian Hebraism in the Reformation Era 1500-1660 ─ Authors, Books, and the Transmission of Jewish Learning

Burnett (religious studies, U. of Nebraska-Lincoln) continues his studies into the close connection between the Reformation and the study of Hebrew by Christians. At the beginning of the 16th century, he says, Christians could not routinely refer to the Hebrew Bible, but by late in the century, Christian scholars throughout Europe knew Hebrew and could read the Hebrew Bible thanks to the transformative impact of the Reformation. He discusses the birth of a Christian Hebrew reading public, Hebraist authors and their supporters, Hebraist authors and the mediation of Jewish scholarship, real and imagined Judaica libraries, printers and booksellers in the Christian Hebrew book market, and press controls and the Hebraist discourse in Reformation Europe. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Stephen G. Burnett, Ph.D (1990), University of Wisconsin-Madison, is an associate professor of Religious Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has published extensively on Christian Hebraism and Jewish printing.