See also:

• BUXTORF, or BUXTORFF, JOHANNES (1564-1629)
• BUXTORF, or BUXTORIT, JOHANNES (1599-1664)

BUXTORF, or BUXTORFF, JOHANNES (1564-1629)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew and Rabbinic See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Kamen in See also:

• WESTPHALIA (Ger. Westfalen)
• WESTPHALIA, TREATY OF

Westphalia on the 25th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1564 . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the name was Bockstrop, or Boxtrop, from which was derived the See also:

• FAMILY

family See also:

• CREST
• CREST (Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)

crest, which See also:

• BORE

bore the figure of a See also:

• GOAT (a common Teut. word; O. Eng. gat, Goth. gaits, Mod. Ger. Geiss, cognate with Lat. haedus, a kid)

goat (Ger . Bock, he-goat) . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• FATHER

father, who was See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of Kamen, See also:

• BUXTORF, or BUXTORFF, JOHANNES (1564-1629)
• BUXTORF, or BUXTORIT, JOHANNES (1599-1664)

Buxtorf studied at See also:

• MARBURG
• MARBURG, COLLOQUY OF (Marburger Religionsgesprach)

Marburg and the newly-founded university of Herborn, at the latter of which C . Olevian (1536–1587) and J . P . Piscator (1546–1625) had been appointed professors of See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology . At a later date Piscator received the assistance of Buxtorf in the preparation of his Latin See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the Old Testament, published at Herborn in 1602–1603 . From Herborn Buxtorf went to See also:

• HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg, and thence to See also:

• BASEL (Fr. Bale)
• BASEL (Fr. Belle, but Basle is a wholly erroneous form; Ital. Basilea)
• BASEL, CONFESSION OF
• BASEL, COUNCIL OF

Basel, attracted by the reputation of J . J . See also:

• GRYNAEUS (or. GRYNER), JOHANN JAKOB (1540-1617)
• GRYNAEUS, SIMON (1493-1541)

Grynaeus and J . G .

Hospinian (1515–1575) . After a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence at Basel he studied successively under H . B . See also:

• BULLINGER, HEINRICH (1504-1575)

Bullinger (1504–1575) at See also:

• ZURICH
• ZURICH (Fr. Zurich; Ital. Zurigo)

Zurich and Th . See also:

• BEZA (DE BESZE), THEODORE (1519—1605)

Beza at See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva . On his return to Basel, Grynaeus, desirous that the services of so promising a scholar should be secured to the university, procured him a situation as See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor in the family of See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

Leo See also:

• CURIO, OAIUS SCRIBONIUS

Curio, son of Coelius See also:

• SECUNDUS, JOHANNES
• SECUNDUS, PUBLIUS POMPONIUS

Secundus Curio, well-known for his sufferings on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the Reformed faith . At the instance of Grynaeus, Buxtorf undertook the duties of the Hebrew See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair in the university, and discharged them for two years with such ability that at the end of that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he was unanimously appointed to the vacant See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office . From this date (1591) to his death in 1629 he remained in Basel, and devoted himself with remarkable zeal to the study of Hebrew and rabbinic literature . He received into his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house many learned See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews, that he might discuss his difficulties with them, and he was frequently consulted by Jews themselves on matters See also:

• RELATING

relating to their ceremonial See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law . He seems to have well deserved the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title which was conferred upon him of " See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

Master of the Rabbins." His partiality for Jewish society brought him, indeed, on one occasion into. trouble with the authorities of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, the See also:

• LAWS

laws against the Jews being very strict . Nevertheless, on the whole, his relations with the city of Basel were friendly . He remained firmly attached to the university which first recognized his merits, and declined two invitations from See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden and See also:

• SAUMUR

Saumur successively .

His See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with the most distinguished scholars of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day was very extensive; the library of the university of Basel contains a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich collection of letters, which are valuable for a See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• HISTORY

history of the time . See also:

• WORKS

WORKs.—Manuale Hebraicum et Chaldaicum (1602; 7th ed., 1658); Synagoga Judaica (1603 in German; afterwards translated into Latin in an enlarged form), a valuable repertory of See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information regarding the opinions and ceremonies of the Jews; See also:

• LEXICON

Lexicon Hebraicum et Chaldaicum cum brevi Lexico Rabbinico Philosophico (1607; reprinted at See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, 1824) ; his See also:

• GREAT

great Rabbinical See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, Biblie Hebraica cum Paraphr . Chald. et Commentariis Rabbinorum (2 vols., 1618; 4 vols., 1618-1619), containing, in addition to the Hebrew See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text, the Aramaic Paraphrases of Targums, punctuated after the See also:

• ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy of the Aramaic passages in See also:

• EZRA (from a Hebrew word meaning " help ")
• EZRA, FOURTH BOOK (or APOCALYPSE) OF
• EZRA, THIRD BOOK OF [I Esdras]

Ezra and See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel (a proceeding which has been condemned by See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon and others), and the Commentaries of the more celebrated Rabbis, with various other See also:

• TREATISES

treatises; See also:

• TIBERIAS

Tiberias, sive Commentarius Masoreticus (1620; See also:

• QUARTO

quarto edition, improved and enlarged by J . Buxtorf the younger, 1665), so named from the great school of Jewish See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism which had its seat in the See also:

• TOWN

town of Tiberias . It was in this See also:

• WORK

work that Buxtorf controverted the views of See also:

• ELIAS, JOHN (1774-1841)

Elias Levita regarding the See also:

• LATE

late origin of the Hebrew vowel points, a subject which gave rise to the controversy between See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis See also:

• CAPPEL
• CAPPEL, LOUIS (1585-1658)

Cappel and his son Johannes Buxtorf (q.v.) . Buxtorf did not live to See also:

• COMPLETE

complete the two works on which his reputation chiefly rests, viz. his great Lexicon Chaldaicum, Talmudicum, et Rabbinicum, and the Concordantiae Bibliorum Hebraicorum, both of which were edited by his son . They are monuments of untiring labour and See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry . The lexicon was republished at See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig in 1869 with some additions by See also:

• BERNARD, CHARLES DE
• BERNARD, CLAUDE (1813-1878)
• BERNARD, JACQUES (1658--1718)
• BERNARD, MOUNTAGUE (1S2o—1882)
• BERNARD, SAINT
• BERNARD, SAINT (Iogo-1153)
• BERNARD, SIMON (1779—1839)
• BERNARD, SIR THOMAS, BART

Bernard See also:

• FISCHER
• FISCHER, EMIL (1852– )
• FISCHER, ERNST KUNO BERTHOLD (1824–1907)

Fischer, and the See also:

• CONCORDANCE (Late Lat. concordantia, harmony, from cum, with, and car, heart)

concordance was assumed by See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• FURST, JULIUS (1805-1873)

Furst as the basis of his great Hebrew concordance, which appeared in 184o . For additional information regarding his writings see Athenae Rauricae, pp . 444-448; articles in See also:

• ERSCH, JOHANN SAMUEL (1766–1828)

Ersch and See also:

• GRUBER, JOHANN GOTTFRIED (1774-1851)

Gruber's Encyclopadie, and See also:

• HERZOG, HANS (1819–1894)
• HERZOG, JOHANN JAKOB (1805-1882)

Herzog-Hauck, Realencyk . ; J . P .

Niceron's Memoires, vol. xxxi. pp . 206-215; J . M . Schroeckh's Kirchengeschichte, vol. v . (See also:

• POST

Post-See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period), pp . 72 seq . (Leipzig, 18o6); G . W . See also:

• MEYER, CHRISTIAN ERICH HERMANN VON (18or-1869)
• MEYER, HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM (1800-1873)
• MEYER, JULIUS LOTHAR (183o-1895)
• MEYER, KONRAD FERDINAND (1825-1898)
• MEYER, VICTOR (1848-1897)
• MEYER, [MARIE] PAUL HYACINTHE (184o- )

Meyer's Geschichte der Schrift-Erklarung, vol . Iii . (See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, 18o4); and E . Kautsch, Johannes Buxtorf der Altere (1879) .