1st Edition
From Judaism to Calvinism The Life and Writings of Immanuel Tremellius (c.1510-1580)
By Kenneth Austin
Copyright 2007
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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Immanuel Tremellius (c.1510-1580) was one of the most distinguished scholars of the Reformation era. Following his conversion to Christianity from Judaism, he rose to prominence in the mid-sixteenth century as a professor of Hebrew and Old Testament studies, teaching in numerous highly prestigious Reformed academies and universities across northern Europe. Through his activities in the classroom,... Read more
Contents: Preface: Introduction; A Jew in a renaissance city; Conversion and the flight into exile; Beginning a life in exile; Regius professor; Bridging the gap: Zweibrücken and Hornbach; Professor of the Old Testament at Heidelberg; The Novum Testamentum; The Testamenti Veteris Biblia Sacra; The last years; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Kenneth Austin is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Bristol, UK.
’ Austin's survey of Tremellius's scholarship is detailed and thorough... Austin's book rescues Tremellius from earlier contradictory and hazy accounts and provides a full description of his travels, his teaching and his scholarship... It is an important contribution to the study of the Reformation.’ Renaissance Quarterly ’Readers with an interest in Hebrew studies in the early modern era will benefit greatly from this work, as will those who seek to know more about a figure whose significant impact on the intellectual life of early modern Europe has largely been left aside until now. The work is particularly well-suited to upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty.’ Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte ’Kenneth Austin has produced a major, well-researched, and finely argued study of a nearly forgotten but highly significant figure in the development of sixteenth-century Protestant biblical studies.’ Religious Studies Review ’Detailed, careful, and fascinating, Austin’s study of this important scholar should be welcomed by those interested in Jewish-Christian relations, Reformation history, the history of exegesis and of early printed Bibles and biblical reception.’ Sixteenth Century Journal
