Matthäus Aurogallus
Matthäus Aurogallus | |
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Relief from the Berlin Cathedral depicting Matthäus Aurogallus, Martin Luther, and Phillip Melanchthon | |
| Born | Matthäus Goldhahn 1490 City of Komotau (Czech: Chomutov, Latin: Comotavia, Comotovia, Comutovia, Chomutovia), (Imperial-Electoral) Royal Bohemia, Bohemian Crownland (personal union of Jagiellonian Lithuania, Poland, Czech, and Hungary) |
| Died | 10 November 1543 (aged 52–53) |
| Nationality | Czech (German Bohemian) |
| Occupation(s) | Professor of Hebrew, linguist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Leipzig University |
| Influences | Martin Luther, Rashi, Nicholas of Lyra |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Wittenberg University |
| Main interests | Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, Theology |
Matthäus Aurogallus, German: Matthäus Goldhahn (1490 – 10 November 1543) was a Bohemian linguist. Born in Chomutov (then Komotau), Bohemia, as Matthäus Goldhahn, (he latinized his name Aurogallus in the fashion of renaissance humanists) Aurogallus served as professor of Hebrew at the University of Wittenberg and was a colleague of Philip Melanchthon and Martin Luther. He assisted Luther in the revision of the reformer's translation of the Old Testament and made valuable contributions to the academic study of Hebrew.