Edward Lively (1545 – May 1605) was an

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linguist and biblical scholar. He studied at

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, where he became a Fellow, He was Regius Professor of Hebrew from 1575 to 1605. His published works include

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expositions of some of the

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, as well as a work on the chronology of

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. He played an active role during the planning for the King James Version of the Bible, and his death from a

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is said to have considerably delayed commencement of the work. He left eleven children to be cared for by his widow, with paltry income from his prebend at

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and the generosity of his patron, William Barlow. ote: McClure (p. 104) indicates Lively predeceased his wife, leaving eleven orphans.

References

*McClure, Alexander. (1858) ''The Translators Revived: A Biographical Memoir of the Authors of the English Version of the Holy Bible''. Mobile, Alabama: R. E. Publications (republished by the Marantha Bible Society, 1984 ASIN B0006YJPI8 ) *Nicolson, Adam. (2003) ''God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible.'' New York: HarperCollins 1545 births 1605 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Translators of the King James Version Infectious disease deaths in England Deaths from peritonsillar abscess 16th-century English people 17th-century English people Academics of the University of Cambridge Regius Professors of Hebrew (Cambridge) 16th-century Anglican theologians 17th-century Anglican theologians {{Hebrew-lang-stub