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'''Theodore''' (or '''Theodorus''') '''Bibliander''' ({{lang-de|Theodor Buchmann}}; 1509, [[Bischofszell]] – 26 September 1564, [[Zurich]]) was a [[Swiss]] Orientalist, publisher, and linguist. Born '''Theodor Buchmann''' (''Bibliander'' is a Greek translation of this surname) in Bischofszell, he studied Latin under [[Oswald Myconius]], and Greek and Hebrew under [[Jakob Ceporin]], and attended lectures in [[Basel]] between 1525-7 given by [[Johannes Oecolampadius]] and [[Konrad Pelikan]]. He also became familiar with the [[Arabic language]] and other languages from the East; he became a professor of theology. He published a Hebrew grammar in 1535, and commentaries on the [[Bible]]. He published the first printed edition of the [[Qur'an]] in Latin (Basel, 1543), based on the medieval translation of [[Robert of Ketton]]. The edition included ''Doctrina Machumet'', a translation of the Arabic theological tract known as the ''Book of a 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]]; he was removed from his theological professorship in 1560. He died of the [[Bubonic plague|plague]]. |
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'''Theodore''' (or '''Theodorus''') '''Bibliander''' ({{lang-de|Theodor Buchmann}}; 1509 – 26 September 1564) was a [[Swiss people|Swiss]] orientalist, publisher, [[Protestant reformer]] and linguist. |
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==Biography== |
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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 became a professor of theology. He published a Hebrew grammar in 1535, and commentaries on the [[Bible]]. |
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[[Johannes Oporinus]] printed Bibliander's edition of the [[Qur'an]] in Latin<ref>{{Cite book |last=Werthmüller |first=Hans |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=luVbAAAAMAAJ |title=Tausend Jahre Literatur in Basel |date=1980-01-01 |publisher=Birkhäuser Basel |isbn=3-7643-1173-8 |edition=1st|location=Basel |page=127 |language=de}}</ref> (Basel, 1543), which was based on the medieval translation of [[Robert of Ketton]]. 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]]; he was removed from his theological professorship at the [[Carolinum, Zürich|''Carolinum'']] academy in 1560. He died of the [[Bubonic plague|plague]] in [[Zürich]] on 26 September 1564, at the age of 54–55. |
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⚫ | *''Institutionum grammaticarum de lingua Hebraea liber unus'', Zürich, 1535 |
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⚫ | *''De optimo genere grammaticorum Hebraicorum'', Hieronymus Curio, Zürich, 1542 |
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⚫ | *''Machumetis Saracenorum principis eiusque successorum vitae ac doctrina ipseque Alcoran'', Johannes Oporin, Basel, 1543, 1550. (Qur'an: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110621061209/http://sites.univ-lyon2.fr/lesmondeshumanistes/category/dialogue-chretiens-islam/ on-line text with critical apparatus in French], [https://web.archive.org/web/20110707004741/http://www.ub.unibas.ch/kadmos/gg/hi/higg0459.htm on-line text with critical apparatus in German]) |
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⚫ | *''[https://books.google.com/books?id=2XITAAAAQAAJ De ratione communi omnium linguarum et litterarum commentarius]'', Christoph Froschauer, Zürich, 1548 |
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⚫ | *''Temporum a condito mundo usque ad ultimam ipsius aetatem supputatio'', Johannses Oporin, Basel, 1558 |
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==See also== |
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Theodore (orTheodorus) Bibliander (German: Theodor Buchmann; 1509 – 26 September 1564) was a Swiss orientalist, publisher, Protestant reformer and linguist.
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 became a professor of theology. He published a Hebrew grammar in 1535, and commentaries on the Bible.
Johannes Oporinus printed Bibliander's edition of the Qur'an in Latin[1] (Basel, 1543), which was based on the medieval translation of Robert of Ketton. 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 exegesisinSwitzerland, Bibliander became involved in a doctrinal controversy with Pietro Martire Vermigli (Peter Martyr) over predestination; he was removed from his theological professorship at the Carolinum academy in 1560. He died of the plagueinZürich on 26 September 1564, at the age of 54–55.
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