Johannes Buxtorf
Hebraist
Johannes Buxtorf 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, scrupulously documents... Wikipedia
Born: December 25, 1564, Kamen, Germany
Died: September 13, 1629 (age 64 years), Basel, Switzerland
Children: Johannes Buxtorf II