Moses Solanus or Moïse du Soul (1665 – 1735?)Alexis Léonas, ''Recherches sur le langage de la Septante'' (2005), p. 14
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was a French classical scholar.

Life

He was grandson of Paul du Soul of Tours, who was professor of theology and rector of

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between 1657 and 1661. As a Protestant he was driven from France by persecution, and seems to have settled at

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, before moving to England. His Greek scholarship recommended him to the notice of men of influence at both Oxford and Cambridge. He graduated

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

(MA) at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

in 1701, '' per literas regias''; he already had an MA from one of the

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and

University of Franeker The University of Franeker (1585–1811) was a university in Franeker, Friesland, the Netherlands. It was the second oldest university of the Netherlands, founded shortly after Leiden University. History Also known as ''Academia Franekerensis'' o ...

, where he had studied, and had at Franeker been a pupil of Jacob Rhenfurd, around 1700 Encouraged by

Richard Bentley Richard Bentley FRS (; 27 January 1662 – 14 July 1742) was an English classical scholar, critic, and theologian. Considered the "founder of historical philology", Bentley is widely credited with establishing the English school of Hellen ...

, he projected an edition of

Lucian Lucian of Samosata, '; la, Lucianus Samosatensis ( 125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer Pamphleteer is a historical term for someone who creates or distributes pamphlets, unbound (and therefore ...

, of which in 1708 he printed a specimen at Cambridge, and he collected materials for a life of the writer. Nothing, however, came of this edition. In the same year he was employed in the family of the

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. In 1722 and 1723 he was at

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, possibly on a mission to the Wetsteins. A passage in the preface of

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's edition of Lucian shows that he was living after 1733. He appears to have died before 1737.

Works

Solanus wrote against the view of Sebastian Fochen, that

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contained only expressions from classical Greek. Moses Stuart, ''A Grammar of the New Testament Dialect'' (1841), p. 9
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His work on the subject appeared in the collection of Jacob Rhenferd. With

Jean-Baptiste Brutel de la Rivière Jean-Baptiste Brutel de la Rivière (17 August 1669 – 14 August 1742) was a French Protestant minister, in exile in the Netherlands, and man of letters. Life He was born in Montpellier on 17 August 1669, into a noble family of Languedoc; he was t ...

, he translated

Humphrey Prideaux Humphrey Prideaux (3 May 1648 – 1 November 1724) was a Cornish churchman and orientalist, Dean of Norwich from 1702. His sympathies inclined to Low Churchism in religion and to Whiggism in politics. Life The third son of Edmond Prideaux, he was ...

's ''An Historical Connection of the Old and New Testaments'' into French, as ''Histoire des Juifs et des peuples voisins'' (Amsterdam, 1722). Returning to England, he completed an edition of '' Plutarch's Lives'' (5 vols. London, 1729); it had been started by Augustine Bryan, and

Thomas Bentley Thomas Bentley (23 February 1884 – 23 December 1966) was a British film director. He directed 68 films between 1912 and 1941. He directed three films in the early DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process, ''The Man in the Street'' (1926), '' ...

had then proposed to continue it.

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