biography
pronunciation:
[seemõ]
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| lived:
| (1638–1712)
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| biography:
| Theologian and biblical scholar, born in Dieppe, NW France. He became a member of the Oratory in Paris (1659), where he lectured on philosophy and catalogued oriental manuscripts. His free-thinking Histoire critique du Vieux Testament (1678) led to his expulsion from the order. He retired to Dieppe, where he died, and is regarded as the father of Biblical exegesis. |
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