9 October 1580 A.D. John Immanuel Tremellius Dies—Italian Reformed Churchman, Hebraist, Resident at Lambeth Palace, & Professor at Cambridge and Heidelberg Universities
Underhile, Andy.
“Obscure Heroes of the Reformation—Tremellius.” Contra
Mundum. 7 Sept 2011. http://andycontramundum.blogspot.com/2011/09/obscure-heroes-of-reformation.html. Accessed 17 Jul 2014.
Obscure Heroes of the Reformation - Tremellius
Immanuel Tremellius was born in Ferrara. His father
was a Jew and educated him very skillfully in the Hebrew language. He came
under the ministry of Peter Martyr and was soon converted. He went with Martyr
to Lucca, where he taught Hebrew.
He went with Martyr to Strasberg and then to England
during the reign of Edward VI. Upon Edward’s death, he returned to Germany and
in the school of Hornbach, he taught Hebrew.
He was later sent to Heidelberg to be the professor
of Hebrew. He translated the Syriac New Testament into Latin. He also set about
to translate the Old Testament from the Hebrew and was thus associated with the
work of Francis Junius.
Late in life, he was called upon by the duke of
Bouillon to be the professor of Hebrew at the newly built university in Sedan.
Tremellius remained faithful at this post until his death at the age of 70, in
the year 1580.
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