Edward Pococke
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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 .
Web links
- Prof. Edward Pocock (English)
- Literature by and about Edward Pococke in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ 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).
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Ibn Ṭufail: The philosopher as an autodidact. A philosophical island novel , translated by Patric O. Schaerer, Hamburg 2009, p. LXXVIII.
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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 |