Vitringa

Vitringa, CAMPEGIUS, divine and commentator, was born at Leeuwarden in 1659, studied at Franeker and Leyden, and became professor at Franeker, first of Oriental Languages and then of Theology. The most eminent pupil of Cocceius, he died 31st March 1722, leaving innumerable commentaries on Scripture and other erudite works (mostly in Latin), of which his commentary on Isaiah (1714-20) and the De Synagoga Veteris (1696) were the most important.