Willem van der Codde
theologian of the Northern Netherlands
Willem van der Codde or Coddaeus (1574 – after 1625), was a theologian and writer from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
He was born in Leiden as the son of Jacob van der Codde during the siege of Leiden, when his father was away in Delft. He was taught in Leiden by the professors Franciscus Raphelengius, Franciscus Junius, Lucas Trelcatius, and Franciscus Gomarus. He became a professor there himself and taught Hebrew in Leiden to Gisbertus Voetius and Caspar Sibelius, among others. He was dismissed in 1619 for siding with Remonstrants, and imprisoned briefly in 1623 for the same reason. He was still alive in 1625 and probably died in Leiden.
Works
Declaratio D. Jacobi Arminii, quâ coram potentissimis Hollandiae et Westfrisiae Ordinibus sententiam suam explicuil de Praedestinatione, Providentia Dei, et id genus spectantibus aliis doctrinae capitibus, in linguam Latinam conversa, Lugd. Batavorum [Leiden], 1608
Notae ad Grammaticam Hebraeam Martini Navarri Morentini, Lugd. Bat., 1612
Oratio funebris in laudem celeberrimi Mathematici D. Rudolphi Snellii, Lugd. Bat., 1613
Hoseas Propheta Ebraicè et Chaldaicè cum duplici versione Latina et Commentariis Ebraicis trium doctissimorum Judaeorum, Salomonis Jarchi, Aben Ezrae et Davidis Kimchi, Masora item parva, ejusque et Commentariorum Latina quoque interpretatione; accedunt in fine succinctae annotariones Guil.
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