Johannes Buxtorf, German Calvinist theologian (died 1629)

Johannes Buxtorf

German Calvinist theologian (1564–1629)

Johannes Buxtorf was a celebrated Hebraist, member of a family of Orientalists; professor of Hebrew for thirty-nine years at Basel and was known by the title, "Master of the Rabbis". His massive tome, De Synagoga Judaica, scrupulously documents the customs and society of German…