See also:

• ECCHELLENSIS (or ECHELLENSIS), ABRAHAM (d. 1664)

ECCHELLENSIS (or ECHELLENSIS), See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

ABRAHAM (d. 1664)  , a learned Maronite, whose surname is derived from Eckel in See also:

• SYRIA

Syria, where he was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born towards the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . He was educated at the Maronite See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, and, after taking his See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor's degree in See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology and See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, returned for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to his native See also:

• LAND

land . He then became See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of Arabic and See also:

• SYRIAC

Syriac in the college of the Propaganda at Rome . Called to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in 164o to assist Le See also:

• JAY (Fr. geai)
• JAY, JOHN (1745-1829)
• JAY, WILLIAM (1769-1853)

Jay in the preparation of his polyglot See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, he contributed to that See also:

• WORK

work the Arabic and Latin versions of the See also:

• BOOK

book of See also:

• RUTH, BOOK OF

Ruth and the Arabic version of the third book of See also:

• MACCABEES
• MACCABEES, BOOKS OF

Maccabees . In 1646 he was appointed professor of Syriac and Arabic at the College de See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . Being invited by the See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

Congregation of the Propaganda to take See also:

• PART

part in the preparation of an Arabic version of the Bible, See also:

• ECCHELLENSIS (or ECHELLENSIS), ABRAHAM (d. 1664)

Ecchellensis went again in 1652 or 1653 to Rome . He published several Latin See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations of Arabic See also:

• WORKS

works, of which the most important was the Chronicon Orientale of Ibnar-Rahib (Paris, 1653), a See also:

• HISTORY

history of the patriarchs of . See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria . He was engaged in an interesting controversy with See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• SELDEN, JOHN (1584–1654)

Selden as to the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical grounds of See also:

• EPISCOPACY (from Late Lat. episcopatus, the office of a bishop, episcopas)

episcopacy, in the course of which he published his Eutychius vindicates, sive Responsio ad Seldeni Origines (Rome, 1661) . Conjointly with Giovanni See also:

• BORELLI, GIOVANNI ALFONSO (1608-1679)

Borelli he wrote a Latin See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the 5th, 6th and 7th books of the Conics of See also:

• APOLLONIUS

Apollonius of See also:

• PERGA (mod. Murtana)

Perga (1661) . He died at Rome in 1664 .