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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture

> At 05:22 PM 7/3/02 -0700, you wrote:
>>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>> >culture
>>
>>Was Luther familiar with the Talmud?

Good Question!!!!

He must have been familiar with at least portions as he was professor of
Old Testament at the U of Wittenberg from 1512 or 1515 until his death.
He mentioned Talmudic exegesis in some of his OT lectures.  How familiar
I wish I knew.


Frank

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