Read more First Protestant Edition of the Hebrew Bible (1534-35) After having taught at Heidelberg, from 1521-1529, Münster was... Read more
Read more A Helpful Introduction… (1500) The Renaissance ideal of returning to the sources prompted some... Read more
Read more Sebastian Münster (1488-1552) Among the many Christian Hebraists of the sixteenth century,... Read more
Read more Epitome hebraicae grammaticae (1520) Münster’s first Hebrew publication was his Epitome hebraicae... Read more
Read more First Aramaic Grammar by a Christian (1527) Beyond Hebrew, Münster also acquired—mostly on his... Read more
Read more Rudiments of Hebrew (1506): A Breakthrough Textbook Reuchlin’s textbook, designed for self-teaching, consisted of... Read more
Read more Johannes Reuchlin (1455-1522): The Pioneering Hebraist Pellikan’s work would be surpassed two years later by Johannes... Read more
Read more Münster’s First Dictionary (1523) Münster’s reputation as a leading Hebraist was established with... Read more
Read more First Aramaic Dictionary by a Christian (1527) Münster’sÔò®ÔöÉArukh, Dictionarium Chaldaicum (1527),... Read more
Read more Kornrad Pellikan (1478-1566): An Autodidact Despite the scarcity of resources, a German monk by the name of... Read more