Johannes Buxtorf, Jr. (1599-1664), scholar

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Johannes Buxtorf, Jr. (1599-1664) was a Swiss scholar. The son of celebrated Christian Hebraist Johannes Buxtorf succeeded his father as professor of Hebrew at the University of Basel, gaining an equal reputation in the field of Early Jewish Studies. Defended the antiquity of the Hebrew vowel-signs, against Louis Cappel.

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Books

De Linguæ Hebraicæ Origine et Antiquitate (Basel, 1644

Biography