- Jakub Wujek
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name = Jakub Wujek
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birth_date = 1541
birth_place =Wągrowiec , POL
death_date =April 27 ,1597 (aged 58)
death_place =Kraków
nationality = PolishJakub Wujek (born 1541 – died
April 27 ,1597 ) was a PolishJesuit , religious writer, andtranslator of theBible into Polish.Wujek studied at the Kraków Academy, then in
Vienna and at theCollegium Romanum . An erudite Biblical scholar, he possessed an excellent knowledge of Greek, Latin and Hebrew. His Polish translation of the Bible shaped the style of Polish Biblical language.In addition to his translations, he published works in dogmatics, but gained particular fame with popular collections of
sermon s: "Postilla catholica" (1573-75) and "Postilla mniejsza" (Lesser Postilla, 1579-80).References
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Encyklopedia Polski , Kraków, Wydawnictwo Ryszard Kluszczyński, 1996, p. 768.
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