Frederick Crombie

Name: Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Author: Frederick Crombie

Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1878)

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“Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition”, published in 1878, is a work by Frederick Crombie. It explores elements such as Buxtorf, Basel and Hebrew.

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Frederick Crombie, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1878)

“ BUXTORF, or Buxtorff, John (1599-1664) , commonly called "junior," to distinguish him from his father, the subject of the preceding notice. He was born at Basel on the 13th August 1599, and at a very early age displayed remarkable aptitude for the acquisition of languages. When only four years old he was sent to school, at which age he is said to have been able to read Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, in which he had been instructed by his father. ”

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Frederick Crombie, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1878)

“ From this date (1590) to his death in 1629, a period of thirty-nine years, Buxtorf remained in Basel, and devoted himself to the study of Hebrew and rabbinical literature with an energy and zeal that have rarely been paralleled in the history of any scholar. He is said never to have devoted fewer than eight or ten hours daily to study. Not satisfied with perusing the works of the rabbins, he received into his own house many learned Jews, that he might discuss with them the more difficult and abstruse points treated of in the writings of their countrymen. ”

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Frederick Crombie, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1878)

“ When, however, the professorship of the Old Testament became vacant in 1654 by the death of Theodore Zuinger, Buxtorf resigned the chair of theology, and accepted that of the Old Testament instead, holding both offices, and for some time that also of chief librarian to the university, until his death in 1664. The course of his private life was chequered by many domestic bereavements. He was four times married his three first wives dying shortly after marriage, and the fourth predeceasing her husband by seven years. ”

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Frederick Crombie, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1878)

“ So great by this time had become his reputation as a scholar, that he was offered by the authorities of the city of Bern the chair of logic at Lausanne, which he declined, preferring to return to Basel, where in 1624, he was appointed general deacon to the church of Basel (Communis Ecclesice Basileensis Diaconus) , and three years later deacon of St Peter's church. On the death of his father in 1629, Buxtorf was unanimously designated as the fittest person to succeed so distinguished a Hebraist ”

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Frederick Crombie, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1878)

“ At the age of twelve he entered the university, where ho speedily distinguished himself above not only his equals, but his seniors in years, to so great a degree that when only sixteen he received the diploma of master of arts from the hands of his own father. ”

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Frederick Crombie, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1878)

“ In this treatise he endeavoured to prove by copious citations from the rabbinical writers, and by arguments of various kinds, that the points, if not so ancient as the time of Moses, were at least as old as that of Ezra, and thus pos sessed the authority of divine inspiration. In the course of the work he allowed himself frequently to employ contemptuous epithets towards Cappellus, such as "innovator," " prophet," "revealer," "a seer of visions," "dreams," &c. Cappellus was not the man to remain silent in such circumstances. ”

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Frederick Crombie, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1878)

“ From this date until his death he remained at Basel, declining two offers which were made to him from Groningen and Leyden, to accept the Hebrew chair in these two celebrated schools. To mark their appreciation of his patriotic conduct, the governing body of the university founded in 1647, specially for his behoof, a third theological professorship, that of "Commonplaces and Controversies," the duties of which Buxtorf discharged for seven years along with those of the Hebrew chair. ”

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Frederick Crombie, Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (1878)

“ In 1602 appeared his Manuale Hebraicum et Chaldaicum, which reached a seventh edition in the year 1658. In the following year was published his Synagoga, Judaica, which appeared first in German and was afterwards translated into Latin in an enlarged form, and which constitutes a valuable repertory of information regarding the opinions and ceremonies of the Jews. ”

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