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Jacob Alting

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Dutch theologian, linguist and orientalist , owner/creator of the album amicorum of Jacobus Alting

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According to Wikipedia, Jacob Alting studied in Groningen and was ordained as a Church of England priest. He was named professor of theology at Groningen University in 1667 after holding the chair of oriental languages since 1641. His publications were overseen in 1687 by Balthasar Bekker, and argued with Maresius on biblical exegesis when the latter accused him of heterodoxy .

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