(The Elder). Lexicon Chaldaicum, Talmudicum et Rabbinicum [Aramaic, Talmudic, and Rabbinic dictionary]

AUCTION 22 |
Tuesday, January 27th,
2004 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic Art Including Holy Land Maps, Illustrated Books, Photography and Graphic Art from The Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg of Greenwich, Conn
Lot 44
Buxtorf, Johannes
(The Elder). Lexicon Chaldaicum, Talmudicum et Rabbinicum [Aramaic, Talmudic, and Rabbinic dictionary]
Basle: 1639
Est: $500 - $700
Johannes Buxtorf I (or the Elder) (1564-1629) served as professor of Hebrew at the University of Basle. For all of his immense learning in Bible and rabbinics, he could not be dissuaded from a negative attitude toward the Jews. His colossal Lexicon Chaldaicum Talmudicum was completed by his son. Though unreliable, it served coming generations of Christian scholars as a guide to their Jewish studies. EJ IV, col.1543.