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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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). | 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. | ||
==Works on Second Temple Judaism== | ==Works on Second Temple Judaism== | ||
Revision as of 12:43, 23 February 2010
Benito Arias Montano (1527-1598) was a Spanish scholar.
Biography
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.
Works on Second Temple Judaism
Books
Edited volumes
Bibiography
- Aubrey F.G. Bell, Benito Arias Montano (London: Oxford University Press, 1922)
- B Rekers, Benito Arias Montano (1527-1598) (London, Warburg Institute, 1972)