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| | | The Hebrew Republic -- Peter Cunaeus
The Hebrew Republic (originally titled De republica Hebraeorum), by Peter Cunaeus (1586 - 1638), an important study of Hebrew civil polity by a Dutch Calvinist which served as a model for the Dutch Republic, has been translated into English for the first time and was published recently -- it is available at . Quote:
11. CUNAEUS, PETRUS (1586-1638. De republica Hebraeorum. Editio novissima.
Leiden, Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1632. 16mo.
Cont. leather, stained and worn. (24), 503 pp. At the end some slight waterstaining. EUR 300.--
~ Not in Fuks. Contains biblical texts in Hebrew characters. Petrus Cunaeus, student at the university of Leiden since 1601. In 1603 he travelled to England. Afterwards he continued his studies at Leiden under Scaliger and Daniel Heinsius. In 1605 he went to Franeker to study Hebrew with Drusius until 1608. In 1611 he became professor of Latin in Leiden. In 1615 he acquired a set of 1574 Venice editions of the Mishneh Torah from his friend Johannes Boreel (1577-1629). In 1617 he published his De republica Hebraeorum based on older books with the same title by Sigonio and Bertram, but much enriched by the influence of Maimonides. It was the most popular book of the Hebraeists in the Netherlands, read by the orthodox Calvinists and the more liberal `Remonstranten'. The republic of the ancient Hebrews was seen as a model for the Dutch republic.
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From the introduction (p. xvii, xxvi-xxvii), concerning Cunaeus: Quote: |
...[H]e was one of the most creative and critical scholars of his day and age...A very religious man, he advocated tranquility and peace in the public sphere throughout his life, notably with regard to theological doctrine. For that reason, and inasmuch as he had a perfect command of the French language, he frequented French rather than Dutch divine services. The mildness of Melanchthon had a great appeal to him.
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