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Sixtinus Amama (also Sextinus) (13 October 1593 – 9 November 1629) was a Dutch Reformed theologian and orientalist. Amama was among the first to advocate a thorough knowledge of the original languages of the Bible as indispensable to theologians.


Life

He was born in
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, in the Dutch province of
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. He studied oriental languages from 1610 at the
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and then at the
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, attracted there by
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. In 1614 he took up also the study of
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at the
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where he made the acquaintance of Thomas Erpenius. In 1616 he became professor of literature and oriental languages at Franeker. Subsequently, however, he was suspected of Arianism, and underwent an investigation by Sibrandus Lubbertus and
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(1576-1637). Bogerman was a Calvinist theologian who was the Ecclesiastical President of the Synod of Dort (1618-1619). When Erpenius died in 1625, Amama was called to take his place, however the Estates of Friesland refused permission for him to leave, but did increase his remuneration. He died in Franeker.


Works

* ''Dissertatio, qua ostenditur praecipuos Papismi errores ex ignorantia Hebraismis ortum sumsisse'' (Franeker 1618) * ''Censura vulgatae versionis quinque librorum Mosis'' (1620) * ''Bybelsche conferentie, in welke de Nederl. overzetting beproeft wordt'' (Amsterdam 1623) * ''Biblia in ’t Nederduitsch'' (Amsterdam 1625) * ''Antibarbarus biblicus'' (1628) * ''Hebreouwsch Woordenboek'' (1628)


Family

He married Meine van Adelen van Cronenburg; the natural philosopher Nicolaus ab Amama (1628-1656) was their son.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Amama, Sixtinus 1593 births 1639 deaths Dutch members of the Dutch Reformed Church Dutch Calvinist and Reformed theologians 17th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians Dutch orientalists People from Franekeradeel University of Franeker alumni Academic staff of the University of Franeker