Benito Arias Montano (1527-1598), scholar

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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

Edited volumes

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.

References

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