Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. A Note to Readers xi
5. 1. Rabbi Isaac Casaubon: A Hellenist Meets the 1
6. 2. How Casaubon Read Hebrew Texts 60
7. 3. Wider Horizons in Hebraic Studies 121
8. 4. Casaubon and Baronio: Early Christianity in a Jewish Setting 164
9. 5. The Teller and the Tale: What Casaubon Learned from 231
10. Appendix 1, The Long Apprenticeship: Casaubon and Arabic 293
11. Appendix 2. Casaubon on the Masoretic Text 307
12. Appendix 3. Casaubon’s Hebrew and Judaic Library 329
13. Glossary 333
14. Bibliography 335
15. Acknowledgments 367
16. Index 369