Constantine L'Empereur

Constantine L' Empereur van Oppyck also: van Opwijck ( born June 1591 in Bremen, † July 1, 1648 in Leiden ) was a German Reformed theologian, philologist and orientalist.

Life

Constantin was born as the son of originating from Brabant and from there distributed Antonius Caesar, was also called the Imperator. About his first education is not known. In 1607 he enrolled at the University of Leiden to a philosophical foundation course literature perform. In order to graduate theological studies, he set out on 8 April 1614 John Drusius to the University of Franeker. Here he received his doctorate at March 24, 1617 as a doctor of theology and took over on October 7, 1619 a chair of theology and Hebrew at the Gymnasium Illustre in Harderwijk. He lectured on dogmatics and wrote in 1626 a Systema theologicum.

On February 9, 1627, he was professor of Hebrew and Chaldean at Leiden University. 1628 he was a Grammatica Chaldaea et syra bring out, which probably should be used for educational purposes. In addition, he had dealt with the writings of the rabbis and developed a keen interest in Arabic and other oriental languages. His pupil Johann Heinrich Hottinger the Elder gave him the Pentateuch of Richard Kilby ( 1561? -1620 ) And a copy of the Samaritan chronicle what his teaching benefited. In his capacity as the Leiden university teacher, he also participated in the organizational tasks of the Leiden University and was 1638/39 Rector of the Alma Mater.

The governor of Brazil Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen appointed him in 1639 to his advice, which made him pause for a time his literary activity. However, in 1641 he joined with a review of the written by Bonaventura Cornelius Bertramus 's De republica Hebraeorum in appearance, received on December 10, 1646 the chair of theology at Leiden in 1648 and was again published his writings already in Harderwijk out. He also resigned as editor of the Lexicon Chaldaicum, Talmudicum Et Rabbinicum by Johann Buxtorf the younger in appearance.

Empereur had married on 19 May 1622 Amsterdam Weintgen de Witt from Amsterdam.

Works

  • Dissertatio de peccato originis. Franeker 1618
  • Disputationes theologicae Hardervicenae immersive systematic theologicum. Harderwijk 1626; Leiden 1648
  • Oratio inauguralis quant de linguae hebraeae dignitaie et utilitate habuit. Leiden 1627
  • Clavis talmudica complectens formulas, loca dialectica et rhetorica priscorum Judaeorum, latine reddita (...). Leiden 1634
  • De legibus Ebraeorum forensibus liber singularis. Ex Ebraeorum pandectis versus atque commentariis illustratus (...). Suffering 1637th
  • Talmudis Babylonici codex middoth (...). Leiden 1630
  • Isaacus Abrabaniel, Moses Alschechus, Commentarius in Esaiaeprophetiam XXX (...). Leiden 1631
  • Moses Kimchi, ' Oöoutopux ad scientiam (...). Leiden 1631.
  • Itinerarium D. Benjaminis. Suffering 1633rd
  • Josephus Jachiades, Paraphrasis in Danielem (...). Amsterdam 1633rd
  • Itinerary as Tudelae (...). Helmstedt 1636
  • Bonaventura Cornelius Bertramus, De republica Hebraeorum. Leiden 1641
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