Jacobus Tirinus (1580–1636) was a Belgian
Jesuit
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Biblical scholar.
His major work is the ''Commentarius in Sacram Scripturam'', a
Bible commentary
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in two volumes from 1645.
Jesuitica: catalogue
/ref> He also published a chorography
Chorography (from χῶρος ''khōros'', "place" and γράφειν ''graphein'', "to write") is the art of describing or mapping a region or district, and by extension such a description or map. This term derives from the writings of the anc ...
, ''Chorographia Terrae Sanctae in Angustiorem Formam Redacta'', around 1630.
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External links
''Jesuitica'' page
1580 births
1636 deaths
Jesuits of the Spanish Netherlands
Belgian biblical scholars
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