Edward Pococke

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Bust of Edward Pocockes in Oxford Cathedral

Edward Pococke (born November 8, 1604 in Oxford ; † September 10, 1691 ibid) was a British orientalist and theologian.

Life

Pococke first studied theology at Oxford before he devoted himself to studying Arabic under the guidance of Matthias Pasor and William Bedwell . From 1630 to 1635 he was the Anglican chaplain of the Levant Company in Aleppo . In 1636 he became the first professor of Arabic at Oxford. The chair was donated by William Laud , Archbishop of Canterbury . From 1637 to 1640 Pococke lived in Constantinople . In 1648 he was also Regius Professor of Hebrew for Hebrew and Oriental languages . From 1654 to 1657 he assisted Brian Walton , the Bishop of Chester , with the creation of the London Polyglot , a multilingual Bible translation. In 1660 he translated Hugo Grotius' work , De veritate religionis Christianae , into Arabic on mission among Muslims . He also worked on an English translation of Ibn Tufail's The Philosopher as an autodidact .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Stanley Lane-Poole:  Pococke, Edward . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 46:  Pocock - Puckering. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1896, pp. 7 - 12 (English).
  2. ↑ Hartmut Bobzin: Pococke (Pocock), Edward . In: Hans Dieter Betz u. a. (Ed.): Religion in the past and present . Concise dictionary for theology and religious studies. 4th edition. tape 8 , no. 6 . UTB, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8252-8401-5 , Sp. 1416 .
  3. ↑ Peter Harrison: Walton, Brian . In: Hans Dieter Betz u. a. (Ed.): Religion in the past and present . Concise dictionary for theology and religious studies. 4th edition. tape 8 , no. 8 . UTB, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8252-8401-5 , Sp. 1302 .
  4. ↑ Ibn Ṭufail: The philosopher as an autodidact. A philosophical island novel , translated by Patric O. Schaerer, Hamburg 2009, p. LXXVIII.
personal data
SURNAME Pococke, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pocock, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British orientalist and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1604
PLACE OF BIRTH Oxford
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1691
Place of death Oxford