Julius Bate (1711–1771) was an English

divine Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity.divine

, known as a

Hutchinsonian John Hutchinson (1674 – 28 August 1737) was an English theologian and natural philosopher. He was born at Spennithorne, Yorkshire, and served as steward in several families of position, latterly in that of the Duke of Somerset, who ultimately ...

and Hebraist.

Life

Bate was one of the ten children of the Rev. Richard Bate, by his wife, Elizabeth Stanhope. He entered

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corpo ...

, became B.A. 1730, and M.A. 1740. Bate became a disciple of John Hutchinson, and was a prominent member of the Hutchinsonian school. Hutchinson was patronised by the

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, who allowed him to appoint Bate to the rectory of

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near the duke's seat of

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. Bate attended Hutchinson in his last illness (1737), and was associated with

Robert Spearman Robert Spearman (1703–1761) was an English theologian, known as a Hutchinsonian. Life He was the eldest son of Robert Spearman, attorney of Durham, by his wife Hannah, only daughter of William Webster, merchant, of Stockton-on-Tees. He studied ...

in the publication of Hutchinson's works. Bate died at

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, 20 January 1771.

Works

Bate, in 1745, wrote a pamphlet called ''Remarks upon Mr. Warburton's remarks, showing that the ancients knew there was a future state, and that the Jews were not under an equal providence''. It provoked

William Warburton William Warburton (24 December 16987 June 1779) was an English writer, literary critic and churchman, Bishop of Gloucester from 1759 until his death. He edited editions of the works of his friend Alexander Pope, and of William Shakespeare. Li ...

to calls him (''Works'', xii. 58) "Zany to a mountebank" (i.e., to Hutchinson), and to class him with

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as an "impotent railer". Bate published other pamphlets in defence of Hutchinson's mysticism, and on the corresponding interpretation of the Hebrew text. His major work is ''Critica Hebræa, or a Hebrew-English Dictionary without points'', 1767; objection to the pointing of Hebrew was one of the characteristic tenets of the school. Bate also wrote, ''The Integrity of the Hebrew Text, and Many Passages of Scripture, Vindicated from the Objections and Misconstructions of Mr. Kennicott.''

References

* ;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Bate, Julius 1711 births 1771 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge 18th-century English Anglican priests Christian Hebraists