- John van Campen
John van Campen (died at Freiburg im Breisgau
September 6 1538 ) was a Christian professor ofHebrew atLeuven andCracow .He compiled a Hebrew grammar from
Elias Levita 's work, which ran through three editions (Cracow, 1534; Paris, 1539, 1543). He also commented on "Psalms " in a manner to earn the praises ofHupfeld ("Psalmen," iv. 474), and attached the commentary to a paraphrase which appeared at Paris, 1533; Leyden, 1534; Basle, 1548, etc.Campen was summoned to Cracow by the prince bishop,
Piotr Tomicki , on very favorable conditions.References
*C. Siegfried, in Allg. Deutsche Biographie, ii. 739;
*Moritz Steinschneider , Cat. Bodl. col. 813;
*idem, in Zeit. für Hebr. Bibl. ii. 95;
*idem, Bibliographisches Handbuch, No. 350 (also Zusätze, p. 361);
*F. L. Hoffmann , in Steinschneider, Hebr. Bibl. vii. 42.External links
* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=76&letter=C Source]
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