Jean Mercier (Hebraist)
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Jean Mercier, Latin Joannes Mercerus (Uzès
ca. 15101570) was a French Hebraist
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He was a pupil of the less known François Vatable
, and succeeded Vatable as professor of Hebrew at the Collège Royal. His students included Philippe du Plessis-Mornay, and Pierre Martinius who became professor at La Rochelle
. Mercier was Lecteur du Roi from 1546 onwards.
He fled to Venice because of his sympathies with Protestantism, but returned to France and died of the plague.
Translations
Uzès
Uzès is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.It lies about 25 km north-northeast of Nîmes.-History:Originally Ucetia, Uzès was a small Gallo-Roman oppidum, or administrative settlement. The town lies at the source of the Eure, from where a Roman aqueduct was built in the first...
ca. 15101570) was a French Hebraist
Hebraist
A Hebraist is a specialist in Hebrew and Hebraic studies. Specifically, British and German scholars of the 18th and 19th centuries who were involved in the study of Hebrew language and literature were commonly known by this designation, at a time when Hebrew was little understood outside practicing...
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He was a pupil of the less known François Vatable
François Vatable
François Vatable was a French humanist scholar, a Hellenist and Hebraist.-Life:Born in Gamaches, Somme, he was for a time rector of Bramet in Valois, in 1530 or 1531. Francis I of France appointed him to the chair of Hebrew in the newly-founded College of the Three Languages, afterwards better...
, and succeeded Vatable as professor of Hebrew at the Collège Royal. His students included Philippe du Plessis-Mornay, and Pierre Martinius who became professor at La Rochelle
La Rochelle
La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department.The city is connected to the Île de Ré by a bridge completed on 19 May 1988...
. Mercier was Lecteur du Roi from 1546 onwards.
He fled to Venice because of his sympathies with Protestantism, but returned to France and died of the plague.
Works
- Aramaic grammar Tabulae in grammaticen linguae Chaldaeae (Paris, 1560)
- Commentary on Genesis (Geneva, posthumous 1598), published by Théodore de Bèze
- De notis Hebraeorum liber (1582), revised by Jean CinqarbresJean CinqarbresJean Cinqarbres, Latin name Quinquarboreus, was a French grammarian of Hebrew. With his colleague Jean Mercier he shared the role of conjunct royal professor of Hebrew and Chaldee.-References:...
Translations
- Hebrew Jonah with commentary of David Kimchi Jonas cum commentariis R. David Kimhi (1567)
- Bishop Jean du TilletJean du TilletJean du Tillet , son of a mayor and captain of Angoulême under Francis I of France, was appointed bishop of St. Brieuc in 1553, in which capacity he took part in the Council of Trent where he encouraged Gentian Hervet to undertake a Latin translation of Photius' Syntagma together with Balsamon's...
's Italian manuscript of the Hebrew Gospel of MatthewHebrew Gospel of MatthewThe Rabbinical translations of Matthew are rabbinical versions of the Gospel of Matthew that are written in Hebrew; Shem-Tob's Matthew, the Du Tillet Matthew, and the Münster Matthew, and which were used in polemical debate with Christians....
(Paris, 1555) - Talmudic selections: Libellus de abbreviaturis Hebraeorum, tam Talmudicorum quam Masoritarum et aliorum rabbinorum (Paris, 1561)
- Translation of Targum JonathanTargum JonathanTargum Jonathan - otherwise referred to as Targum Yonasan/Yonatan is the official eastern targum to the Nevi'im. Its early origins, however, are western i.e. from the Land of Israel, and the Talmudic tradition attributes its authorship to Jonathan ben Uzziel...
on the Prophets - Notes to Santes Pagnini's Oẓar Leshon ha-Kodesh (Lyons, 1575)
- Translation of Abraham Ibn EzraAbraham ibn EzraRabbi Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra was born at Tudela, Navarre in 1089, and died c. 1167, apparently in Calahorra....
's Commentary on the Ten Commandments (Lyons, ca. 1567)