John Lightfoot (1602-1675), scholar
John Lightfoot (1602-1675) was a British scholar.
Biography
English churchman and rabbinic scholar. Vice-chancellor of Cambridge University. One of the major contributors to the Walton Polyglot Bible. Wrote first comprehensive commentary of New Testament based on Jewish, mostly halakhic, literature.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Books
- The Temple Service, As it stood in the dayes of our Saviour (1645 Lightfoot), book
- Horae Hebraicae et Talmudicae (1658-1674 Lightfoot), book