Bibliotheca judaica antichristiana
Qua editi et inediti judaeorum adversus christianam religionem libri recensentur

1800 and 1812 catalogues, by a prominent Christian Hebraist, of Jewish anti-Christian polemics and his personal library, in Latin and Italian respectively.

Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi (Author)

9781108053709, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 27 June 2013

218 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.28 kg

Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi (1742–1831) first studied Hebrew in Turin as a requirement for his theology degree. Having swiftly mastered several Semitic languages and been ordained a priest, he was appointed professor of oriental languages at the University of Parma in 1769. Despite offers from Pavia, Madrid and Rome, he remained there until his death. An important collector of manuscripts and incunabula - in 1785 Pius VI tried to acquire his library for the Vatican - De Rossi published extensively on Hebrew typography and textual variants in the Old Testament. This 1800 catalogue of 182 Jewish polemics against Christianity - printed by Giambattista Bodoni, a noted typographer at the court of Parma - gives the texts' predominantly Hebrew titles and Latin content summaries. Also included is an 1812 Italian catalogue of books from De Rossi's library. Together they illuminate contemporary theological concerns and De Rossi's own bibliographic interests.

Preface
Bibliotheca Judaica antichristiana
Libri stampati di letteratura sacra ebraica ed orientale della bibliotheca del dottore G. Bernardo De Rossi.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]