Walter Deloenus
Wouter Deelen (English: Walter Deloenus,
Biography
Wouter Deelen was born in Balen in the province of Antwerp in Brabant. He made a trip to Wittenberg in 1522. Following studies at the University of Leuven[1] he taught Greek and Hebrew at the University of Haarlem 1523-1527, then from July 1533 was the first professor of Greek and Hebrew at the University of Amsterdam.[2] Due to an interpretation of John 6:51b,[3] he was accused of Anabaptist heresy, and removed on 1 May 1535. Nine days later 10 May 1535 Anabaptist uprising in Amsterdam occurred, after which Deelen was discovered to have met in secret with radical Anabaptist leaders including Jan van Geelen, although it is possible that Deelen's role was as a mediator.[4]
In 1535 he fled to England, later becoming a librarian to
Following the death of Edward VI (1553) aged 15, most of the Dutch, German and Polish Anabaptist community returned to the Low Countries. Deelen settled in
References
- Pettegree, Andrew. "Delenus, Gualter". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68322. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
Notes
- ^ Gualterus Delenus: de eerste docent Hebreeuws in de Noordelijke Nederlanden. Author, Jonge, H.J. de. Issue Date, 1986
- ^ Wijnman, H. F. "Wouter Deelen, de eerste professor in het Hebreeuwsch te Amsterdam." Jaarboek Amstelodanum 22 (1939): 43-65.
- ^ de Jonge, H.J. "Caro in spiritum: Delenus en zijn uitleg van Joh. 6:51." in De Geest in het geding, Oosterbaan Festschrift, ed. I. B. Horst and others. Alphen aan den Rijn: H. D. Tjeenk Willink, 1978: 145-166.
- ^ Trapman, J. "Delenus en de bijbel." Nederlands Archief voor Kerkgeschiedenis 56 (1975): 95-113.
- ^ Bartel, Oskar (1999). Jan Łaski.
- ^ Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 5, pp. 221-222.