Buxtorf (1564‒1629)

Buxtorf, a celebrated Hebraist, born in Westphalia, member of a family of Orientalists; professor of Hebrew for 39 years at Basle; was known by the title, “Master of the Rabbis” (1564‒1629).

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)