Campeius Vitringa (born at
Leeuwarden,
May 161669; died at
Franeker,
March 311722) was a Dutch Protestant theologian and Hebraist. He was a follower of
Johannes Cocceius.He was educated at the universities of Franeker and
Leyden, and became professor of Oriental languages at the former in 1681. His two chief works are his dissertation on the synagogue, "De Synagoga Vetere Libri Tres" (Franeker, 1685; 2d ed. 1696); and his "Commentary on Isaiah" (Leeuwarden, 1714-20), which was frequently republished in the eighteenth century. The latter was up to the time of
Gesenius the most considerable contribution to the exegesis of Isaiah. There is also his "Sacrarum Observationum Libri Sex" (Franeker, 1683-1708).
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