«Meritevoli di tali materie divine». Effetti e dinamiche minori dello studio ebraistico nei Paesi Bassi del XVII secolo

This article investigates for the first time some dynamics related to the development of Hebraic scholarship in the Netherlands during the 17th century. According to the paradigm of the 'mosaic moment' as developed by Philip Gorski, this essay focuses on the collateral effects of political Hebraism and its Old Testament semantics in some reformed catechisms edited by ministers and preachers more or less related to the "Nadere Reformatie". It will then proceed to deal with the effects and premises of the 1637 state translation of the Bible. Eventually, the paper will briefly analyse the development of an autonomous Hebraic scholarship between the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century, both through the phenomenon of the so-called Hebraizers and the works of polymath Willem Goeree.