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Hebraism in sixteenth-century England : Robert and Thomas Wakefield / edited by James P. Carley and Charles Burnett.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies and texts (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) ; 231.
- Judaism in the medieval and early modern world ; 3.
- Studies and texts ; 231
- Judaism in the medieval and early modern world ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wakefield, Robert, active 1524-1532--Books and reading.
- Wakefield, Robert.
- Wakefield, Thomas, -1575--Books and reading.
- Wakefield, Thomas.
- Christian Hebraists--England--Biography.
- Christian Hebraists.
- Hebrew language--Study and teaching--England--History--16th century.
- Hebrew language.
- Jewish learning and scholarship--England--History--16th century.
- Jewish learning and scholarship.
- Books and reading.
- Hebrew language--Study and teaching.
- England.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- History
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Robert and Thomas Wakefield
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Robert Wakefield and his brother Thomas were pioneers in the study and teaching of Hebrew in early modern England. Robert was trained at Cambridge, acquired expertise in Aramaic, Hebrew, and Arabic, and obtained professorial status in Louvain, Cambridge, and Oxford. Thomas took possession of his brother's books and manuscripts upon his death; he enjoyed long tenure as praelector in Hebrew at Cambridge and was a compulsive annotator of his books. This volume draws together the political, linguistic, and bibliographical materials that shaped the careers of these two scholars, revising previous claims and producing a compelling analysis of Hebrew learning in sixteenth-century England."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction / James P. Carley and Charles Burnett
- Robert and Thomas Wakefield: A Biographical Sketch / James P. Carley
- Robert Wakefield's Inaugural Orations in Context / Jessica Crown
- The Remarkable Hebraism of Robert Wakefield / Joanna Weinberg
- Robert Wakefield and Arabic / Charles Burnett
- Robert Wakefield and the King's Great Matter / Richard Rex
- The "Ezra Scroll" of Bologna in the Crossfire of the Royal Divorce: John Fisher, Robert Wakefield and an Erased Text / Saverio Campanini
- "My Silent Teachers": Hebrew Manuscripts as the Source of Robert Wakefield's Hebraism / Judith Olszowy-Schlanger
- Robert Wakefield's Manuscript Collections and the English Monastic Libraries: A Parallel to John Leland's Mission / James P. Carley
- Books Owned or Annotated by the Wakefield Brothers / James P. Carley
- "Great Mountains Suspended from Every Single Letter": Thomas Wakefield and His Hebrew Bibles / Benjamin Williams
- Thomas Wakefield's "Antiquissimus Codex" and San Marco's Musivum Novissimum / Herbert L. Kessler
- Appendix 1. Robert Wakefield, "Oratio Oxonii habita in Collegio Regio" (1532) / David R. Carlson
- Appendix 2. A Hebrew Responsum about Levirate Marriage (1530) / Joanna Weinberg.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Hebraism in sixteenth-century England.
- ISBN:
- 9780888442314
- 0888442319
- OCLC:
- 1375475543
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