Johannes Buxtorf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johannes Buxtorf

German Calvinist theologian

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1564

Place of Birth: Kamen, Free State of Prussia, Germany

Date of Death: 13-Sep-1629

Profession: teacher, theologian, university teacher, bibliographer

Nationality: Switzerland, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Johannes Buxtorf (December 25, 1564 – September 13, 1629) was a celebrated Hebraist, member of a family of Orientalists; professor of Hebrew for thirty-nine years at Basel and was known by the title, "Master of the Rabbis".
His massive tome, De Synagoga Judaica (1st.
ed.
1603), scrupulously documents the customs and society of German Jewry in the early modern period. Buxtorf was the father of Johannes Buxtorf the Younger.