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Reuchlin

American  
[roikh-leen, roikh-leen] / ˈrɔɪx lin, rɔɪxˈlin /

noun

  1. Johann 1455–1522, German humanist scholar.


Reuchlin British  
/ ˈrɔyçliːn /

noun

  1. Johann (joˈhan). 1455–1522, German humanist, who promoted the study of Greek and Hebrew

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Besides, Reuchlin wrote, if Hebrew texts were all erased, “the Jews might well write much stranger stuff from scratch, far more objectionable.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2010

The emperor sought a second opinion from Johannes Reuchlin, a linguist in Stuttgart, who decided that Hebrew was a biblical tongue worth preserving.

From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2010

It was ascribed to Reuchlin, and afterwards to Reuchlin, Erasmus, and Hutten.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

One of his pupils at Florence was the famous John Reuchlin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

He was born in 1484, and educated amid the mountains of his picturesque country, and, like Erasmus, Reuchlin, Luther, and Melancthon, had no aristocratic claims, except to the nobility of nature.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by John Lord

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