Jean Henri Pareau
Jean Henri Pareau, also known as Joannes Henricus Pareau (13 May 1761, Amsterdam โ 1 February 1833, Utrecht) was a Dutch Reformed theologian and orientalist. He was the father of theologian Louis Gerlach Pareau (1800โ1866).
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He studied Oriental languages in Amsterdam (Athenaeum Illustre) and Leiden. At Amsterdam, his instructors included Pieter Burman the Younger, Herman Tollius, Daniel Albert Wyttenbach and Henry Albert Schultens; in Leiden he was a student of David Ruhnken and Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer.[1] In 1810 he became a professor of theology at the University of Utrecht, where in 1815 he was appointed professor of Oriental languages, a position he maintained until 1830. In 1831 he was awarded with the title of "professor emeritus". In 1822/23 he served as university rector.[2]
Pareau was a member of the "Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde" (Society of Dutch Literature) and an early member of the Royal Institute of Sciences, Literature and Fine Arts (1809โ1816).[3][4]
Selected publications
- Antiquitas hebraica breviter descripta, 1817 (published in 12 editions).
- "Principles of interpretation of the Old Testament", 1822 (translated from the "Institutio interpretis Veteris Testamenti" by Patrick Forbes).
- Joannis Henrici Pareau oratio de honoris studio orientalium, 1823.
- Disputatio de mythica sacri codicis interpretatione, 1824.[5]
References
- Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW) (translated article)
- Catalogus Professorum (biographical text)
- (biographical information)
- "Jean Henri Pareau (1761 - 1833)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 7 January 2017.
- WorldCat Identities (publications)