Benito Arias Montano (1527-1598), scholar

Benito Arias Montano (1527-1598) was a Spanish scholar, orientalist and Hebraist, the editor of the Anterwerp Polyglot Bible (1568-73) and author of numerous works of biblical exegesis.

Works

Books

• Antiquitatum judaicarum libri IX (1571 Arias Montano), book

Edited volumes

• Biblia sacra hebraice, chaldaice, grace et latine (1568-1573 Arias Montano), edited volume

Biography

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Spanish orientalist and Hebraist A student at the Universities of Seville and Alcalá, joined the priesthood in 1559. Summoned in 1568 by King Philip II of Spain to supervise a new polyglot edition of the Bible (the so-called Anterwerp Polyglot, or Biblia regia). A fervent defender of the need to know biblical languages, and in particular Hebrew, for a correct understanding of Scripture, Arias also published several works of biblical exegesis in connection with the Polyglot.

References

• Aubrey F.G. Bell, Benito Arias Montano (London: Oxford University Press, 1922)
• B Rekers, Benito Arias Montano (1527-1598) (London, Warburg Institute, 1972)
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