The Library
1774 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
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.
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.
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 1774 works