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Apr 26, 1624 Utrecht, Netherlands Died on 30 Sep 1699 (aged 75)
Dutch theologian
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About Johann Leusden
- Johannes Leusden (also called Jan (informal), John (English), or Johann (German)) (26 April 1624 – 30 September 1699) was a Dutch Calvinist theologian and orientalist. Leusden was born in Utrecht.
- He studied in Utrecht and Amsterdam and became a Professor of Hebrew in Utrecht, where he died, aged 75. Leusden was one of the most prominent Bible experts of his time, and wrote several works about the Bible and about Hebrew philology (Philologus Hebraeus, 1656; Philologus Hebraeo-Mixtus, 1663; Philologus Hebraeo-Latino-Belgicum, 1668; Philologus Hebraeo-Graecus, 1670; Korte Hebreusche en Chaldeusche taalkonst, 1686).
- In 1660, together with the Amsterdam rabbi and book printer Joseph Athias, he published his Biblia Hebraica, the first edition of the Hebrew Bible with numbered verses.
