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Ibrāhīm al-Ḥāqilānī

Syrian theologian
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Latinized form:
Abraham Ecchellensis
Born:
Feb. 18, 1605, Ḥāqil, Syria
Died:
July 15, 1664, Rome, Papal States [Italy] (aged 59)
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Ibrāhīm al-Ḥāqilānī (born Feb. 18, 1605, Ḥāqil, Syria—died July 15, 1664, Rome, Papal States [Italy]) was a Maronite Catholic scholar noted for his Arabic translation of books of the Bible. Ordained a deacon, Ibrāhīm taught Arabic and Syriac first at Pisa, then in Rome, and in 1628 he published a Syriac grammar. In 1640 he began collaborating on the Le Jay Polyglot Bible, publishing the Book of Ruth in Arabic, Syriac, and Latin and 3 Maccabees in Latin and Arabic. In 1646 he became professor at the Collège de France, Paris, but in 1652 he returned to Rome to work ...(100 of 125 words)

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