BUXTORF, John, the son of the preceding, and a learned professor of the oriental languages at Basle, distinguished himself, like his father, by his knowledge of the Hebrew language, and his rabbinical learning. He died at Basle in 1664, aged sixty-five. His principal works are, his translation of the More Nevechim of Maimonides, and the Liber Cosri; A Chaldee and Syriac Lexicon; An Anti-critique against Capellus; A treatise on the Hebrew Points and Accents, also against Capellus. See CAPELLUS.