Theodore Bibliander: Difference between revisions

'''[[Theodore]]''' (or '''Theodorus''') '''Bibliander''' ({{lang-de|Theodor Buchmann}}; 1509 in [[Bischofszell]] – 26 September 1564 in [[Zurich]]) was a [[Swiss people|Swiss]] orientalist, publisher, [[Protestant reformer]] 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]]. [[Johannes Oporinus]] printed his 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=1 |location=Basel |pages=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]].