In this exhibition, Pro f. Dr. Ferenc Postma and Dr. Margriet Gosker talk about their library . This historic collection was donated by the couple to Vrije Univers iteit Amsterdam in 2012. In total, this former private library (the P ostma-Gosker Library) consists of over 2,100 titles.
The colle ction comprises numerous extremely rare and unique Protestant works f rom the 15th to the late 18th century, with an emphasis on biblical s tudies. Exegetical, philological and grammatical-Hebrew studies form the main part. In addition, the collection contains many titles relat ing to Hungary and the history of the Hungarian Protestant Church. It also includes numerous academic writings from other Protestant unive rsities, particularly in Germany.
A particular focus is on acad emic publications from the Frisian University in Franeker. These incl ude hundreds of disputations, dissertations and inaugural lectures. D uring its existence from 1585 to 1811, this university was an importa nt Protestant educational centre in Europe, where more than 1,200 Hun garians came to study, mainly theology.
In 2022, the Postma-Gos ker Library was expanded with a second donation. That part is central to this exhibition. This new donation comprises more than two hundre d titles, the content of which directly ties in with the focus of the 2012 donation. In addition, this donation contains several masterpie ces, including the great work by Joannes Reuchlin, The rudimentis hebraicis. Pforzheim, 1506. Exceptional in size and format is t he 34-volume Thesaurus antiquitatum sacrarum by the 18th-cen tury Italian scholar Blasio Ugolino. This work, printed in Venice, co ntains a large collection of scholarly studies and treatises on the a ncient Hebrew world. A library in itself!
DESCRIPTION: The collection comprises numerous extremely rare and uniq ue Protestant works from the 15th to the late 18th century, with an e mphasis on biblical studies. Exegetical, philological and grammatical -Hebrew studies form the main part. In addition, the collection conta ins many titles relating to Hungary and the history of the Hungarian Protestant Church. It also includes numerous academic writings from o ther Protestant universities, particularly in Germany. A particular f ocus is on academic publications from the Frisian University in Frane ker. These include hundreds of disputations, dissertations and inaugu ral lectures. During its existence from 1585 to 1811, this university was an important Protestant educational centre in Europe, where more than 1,200 Hungarians came to study, mainly theology. In 2022, the P ostma-Gosker Library was expanded with a second donation. That part i s central to this exhibition. This new donation comprises more than t wo hundred titles, the content of which directly ties in with the foc us of the 2012 donation. In addition, this donation contains several masterpieces, including the great work by Joannes Reuchlin, The r udimentis hebraicis. Pforzheim, 1506. Exceptional in size and fo rmat is the 34-volume Thesaurus antiquitatum sacrarum by the 18th-century Italian scholar Blasio Ugolino. This work, printed in V enice, contains a large collection of scholarly studies and treatises on the ancient Hebrew world. A library in itself! In this exhibition , Prof. Dr. Ferenc Postma and Dr. Margriet Gosker talk about their li brary. This historic collection was donated by the couple to Vrije Un iversiteit Amsterdam in 2012. In total, this former private library ( the Postma-Gosker Library) consists of over 2,100 titles. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR