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[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Theodor-Bibilander.jpg Theodor Bibliander] (''Theodor Buchmann''; 1506-1564) was a Swiss scholar.
[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Theodor-Bibilander.jpg Theodor Bibliander] (''Theodor Buchmann''; 1506-1564) was a Swiss scholar, and a specialist in [[Apocalyptic Studies]] and [[Early Islamamic Studies]].


==Biography==
Orientalist, philologist of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic. The father of Biblical research in Switzerland. In his commentaries on Revelation (1549) and 4 Ezra (1553) maintained the identification of Antichrist with the Papacy, yet showed a genuine attempt to extricate himself from the morass of contemporary polemics and come nearer to discovering what the apocalyptic writers wished their readers to understand. He edited the first printed edition of the [[Qur'an]] in Latin, based on the text by [[Robert of Ketton]].
Orientalist, philologist of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic. The father of Biblical research in Switzerland. In his commentaries on Revelation (1549) and 4 Ezra (1553) maintained the identification of Antichrist with the Papacy, yet showed a genuine attempt to extricate himself from the morass of contemporary polemics and come nearer to discovering what the apocalyptic writers wished their readers to understand. He edited the first printed edition of the [[Qur'an]] in Latin, based on the text by [[Robert of Ketton]].


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*[[De fatis monarchiae romanae somnium vaticanum Esdrae prophetae (1553 Bibliander), book]]
*[[De fatis monarchiae romanae somnium vaticanum Esdrae prophetae (1553 Bibliander), book]]
==Biography==
* See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Bibliander Wikipedia] / [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Bibliander Wikipedia.de]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.kirchenlexikon.de/b/bibliander_t.shtml BBKL.de]
*[http://www.kirchenlexikon.de/b/bibliander_t.shtml BBKL.de]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Bibliander Wikipedia] / [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Bibliander Wikipedia.de]


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[[Category:Apocalyptic Scholars|1506 Bibliander]]
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Theodor Bibliander (Theodor Buchmann; 1506-1564) was a Swiss scholar, and a specialist in Apocalyptic Studies and Early Islamamic Studies.

Orientalist, philologist of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic. The father of Biblical research in Switzerland. In his commentaries on Revelation (1549) and 4 Ezra (1553) maintained the identification of Antichrist with the Papacy, yet showed a genuine attempt to extricate himself from the morass of contemporary polemics and come nearer to discovering what the apocalyptic writers wished their readers to understand. He edited the first printed edition of the Qur'an in Latin, based on the text by Robert of Ketton.

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