Perspicue et fideliter conversus: Johannes Buxtorf the Younger’s Translation of the Guide of the Perplexed

Perspicue et fideliter conversus: Johannes Buxtorf the Younger’s Translation of the Guide of the Perplexed

Johannes Buxtorf the Younger’s Latin translation of the Guide of the Perplexed (1629) is studied in its bibliographical, linguistic and paratextual features. The translator’s preface is analyzed in detail highlighting the peculiar intentions of Buxtorf in editing this medieval philosophical work. It...

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Main Author: Saverio Campanini
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales 2019-09-01
Series:Yod
Subjects:
Hebrew‑Latin translations
Johannes Buxtorf the Younger
Maimonides’ Guide in the 17th century
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/yod/3765
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Perspicue et fideliter conversus: Johannes Buxtorf the Younger’s Translation of the Guide of the Perplexed
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Hebrew‑Latin translations
Johannes Buxtorf the Younger
Maimonides’ Guide in the 17th century
author_facet Saverio Campanini
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title Perspicue et fideliter conversus: Johannes Buxtorf the Younger’s Translation of the Guide of the Perplexed
title_short Perspicue et fideliter conversus: Johannes Buxtorf the Younger’s Translation of the Guide of the Perplexed
title_full Perspicue et fideliter conversus: Johannes Buxtorf the Younger’s Translation of the Guide of the Perplexed
title_fullStr Perspicue et fideliter conversus: Johannes Buxtorf the Younger’s Translation of the Guide of the Perplexed
title_full_unstemmed Perspicue et fideliter conversus: Johannes Buxtorf the Younger’s Translation of the Guide of the Perplexed
title_sort perspicue et fideliter conversus: johannes buxtorf the younger’s translation of the guide of the perplexed
publisher Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales
series Yod
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2261-0200
publishDate 2019-09-01
description Johannes Buxtorf the Younger’s Latin translation of the Guide of the Perplexed (1629) is studied in its bibliographical, linguistic and paratextual features. The translator’s preface is analyzed in detail highlighting the peculiar intentions of Buxtorf in editing this medieval philosophical work. Its main function is identified by the translator as a mean towards learning Hebrew, although he was well aware that the original language of the Guide was rather Arabic. A specific ideological bias as to the function of the Guide in designing and promoting a “rational” Judaism, compatible with Protestant ideals is detected among the most interesting motives of this translation, one which would be destined to a long fortune among Christian Hebraists of the subsequent epochs.
topic Hebrew‑Latin translations
Johannes Buxtorf the Younger
Maimonides’ Guide in the 17th century
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