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Theodore Bibliander

Theodore (or Theodorus) Bibliander (German: Theodor Buchmann; 1509 – 26 September 1564) was a Swiss orientalist, publisher, Protestant reformer and linguist.

Biography

Born Theodor Buchmann (Bibliander is a Greek translation of this surname) in Bischofszell in 1509, he studied Latin under Oswald Myconius, and Greek and Hebrew under Jakob Ceporin, and attended lectures in Basel between 1525 and 1527 given by Johannes Oecolampadius and Konrad Pelikan. He also became familiar with the Arabic language and other languages from the East. He went on to became a professor of theology.[1] He published a Hebrew grammar in 1535, and commentaries on the Bible.

Bibliander was an expert on Islam and published a book on the importance of preaching Christianity to Muslims.[2] Johannes Oporinus printed Bibliander's edition of the Qur'an in Latin.[3] (Basel, 1543), which was based on the medieval translation of Robert of Ketton.[4] The edition included the entire Toledan Collection, including Doctrina Machumet, a translation of the Arabic theological tract known as the Book of One Thousand Questions.

Considered the father of biblical exegesis in Switzerland, Bibliander became involved in a doctrinal controversy with Pietro Martire Vermigli (Peter Martyr) over predestination.[5][a] He was removed from his theological professorship at the Carolinum academy in 1560.[7]

Bibliander died of the plague in Zürich on 26 September 1564, at the age of 54–55.

Works

His works include; [8]

See also

Notes

  1. Frank A. James, III, writes that the axe duel story "does not seem to have a solid historical ground" citing Joachim Staedke.[6]

References

  1. Eskhult, J. (2013). "Augustine and the Primeval Language in Early Modern Exegesis and Philology". Taylor and Francis Online. Language & History, 56(2), pp 98–119. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  2. Van Neste, Ray (2017). "The Mangled Narrative of Missions and Evangelism in the Reformation" (PDF). Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. STR 8.2, pp 3-27. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  3. Werthmüller, Hans (1980-01-01). Tausend Jahre Literatur in Basel (in German) (1st ed.). Basel: Birkhäuser Basel. p. 127. ISBN 3-7643-1173-8.
  4. Davie, Grace; Leustean, Lucian N. (8 December 2021). "Chronology". Oxford University Press. The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Europe. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  5. James 1998, pp. 4, 33–34; Steinmetz 2001, pp. 112–113.
  6. James 2007, p. 170.
  7. Venema 2002, pp. 78–79.
  8. "Theodorus Bibliander". Open Library. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  9. Palmer, J. A. B. "Fr Georgius de Hungaria, O.P., and the 'Tractatus de moribus condicionibus et nequicia turcorum'" (PDF). Manchester University Press. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  10. "Theodorus Bibliander". University of Pennsylvania Online Books. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  11. "Christ Church Library Newsletter, Volume 12, Issue 1, page 46" (PDF). Christ Church Library Oxford. 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  12. "Annotated Bible". Southern Methodist University. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  13. "Theodore Bibiander". Thrift Books. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  14. Hamilton, Alastair. "Paulus de Kempenaer, 'non moindre Philosophe que tresbon Escrivain'" (PDF). Brill. Retrieved 26 May 2026.

Sources

  • James, Frank A. III (1998). Peter Martyr Vermigli and Predestination: The Augustinian Inheritance of an Italian Reformer. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-826969-4.
  • James, Frank A. III (2007). "The Bullinger/Vermigli Axis: Collaborators in Toleration and Reformation". In Campi, Emidio; Opitz, Peter (eds.). Heinrich Bullinger, Life — Thought — Influence. Vol. 1. Zurich: Theological Verlag. pp. 165–176. ISBN 978-3-290-17387-6.
  • Steinmetz, David C. (2001). Reformers in the Wings: From Geiler Von Kaysersberg to Theodore Beza (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-513047-8.
  • Venema, Cornelius P. (2002). Heinrich Bullinger and the Doctrine of Predestination: Author of "the Other Reformed Tradition"?. Texts and Studies in Post-Reformation Thought. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. ISBN 978-0-8010-2605-8.