The Library
1780 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
1401–1500
3 works
1486
Latin
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola · 1463–1494
Propositions drawn from Latin, Greek, Arabic, and Hebrew sources, including the Kabbalah, offered for public disputation in Rome at the author's own expense.
1486
Latin
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola · 1463–1494
God tells Adam he has no fixed place or nature, and may sink to the brutes or rise to the divine as he chooses — an opening speech for a debate never held.
1494
Latin
De Verbo Mirifico
Johannes Reuchlin · 1455–1522
A dialogue among an Epicurean, a Jew, and a Christian on the power of the divine name, arguing that Hebrew holds a key Christians have neglected.
3 of 1780 works