Reichlin biography

The son of the latter, Friedrich, the same age as R. in G., became one of the advisers of the Württemberg Duke of Ebergard, he made a series of trips to Germany with him and visited Italy, where he improved in Jewish, which began to study in Paris. Of the Italian humanists, the greatest influence on R. upon returning to Stuttgart R. Emperor Frederick III erected him into noble dignity.

Later, R. died in G. His vast knowledge of R. Higher and his main merit - this is the study of the Jewish language and Jewish philosophy; His interest in the latter was both philological, theological and mystical. In these two works, R., under Verbum Mirificum, was reasonable in Kabbalah. See Kabbalistism is a synthesis of the views of Jewish, Greek ancient and Christian.

According to R., the works of R. only with knowledge of the Jewish language possible a test of some parts of the vulgates, into which many mistakes crept. Vulgate R. Luther himself highly appreciated R. The prolonged literary conflict that arose between both, in fairness is considered the highest point of development of German humanism.

Pfeffercorn proposed to burn all Jewish books and force the Jews to visit Christian temples. He divides all the Jewish books into several categories of St. Subperculture of the Old Testament, Talmud, etc. The destruction of all Jewish books, Jews would consider the evidence that Christians themselves are not confident in the correctness of their work. In conclusion, he recalls that the freedom of religion is guaranteed by the Jews by the emperors themselves.

Pfeffercorn, in the treatise "Handspiegel", sharply and rudely touched R. Kelne Dominicans, with Gokhstraten, at the head, could not leave unanswered the brochure R. Faculty of Cologne University demanded an endless literary struggle of R. Emperor Maximilian, Emperor Maints and all The humanists took the side of R. Keln and Mainz became centers of 2 nasty directions-obscurantism and humanism.

Pope Lev X, to whom they turned in the midst of a dispute, was very liberal to R. only in G. His name often called the Greek pronunciation, which, in contrast to Erasmusian etoces, is indicated by the word Itacism see. XIII, statue of R. VII, the best monograph about R. Geiger: “JOH. Reichlin, Sein Leben und Seine Werken »Leipzig,