LE HIR, ARTHUR-MARIE

LE HIR, ARTHUR-MARIE. - Exegete and Hebraist, b. at Malvaise (Finistère) on 5 Dec. 1811, d. at Paris on 18 Jan. 1868. He studied at the Seminary of St-Sulpice, where he subsequently taught theology, Sacred Scripture, and Hebrew. Among his pupils was E. Renan, who portrays him as a great scholar and a saint in his Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse (Paris 1883, pp. 273-77).

Le H. composed many works, nearly all of which were published posthumously. Worth noting are: Les prophètes d'Israël (Paris 1868); Etudes bibliques avec introduction et sommaires (2 vols., ibid. 1869); Le livre de Job, traduction sur l'hébreu et commentaire... (ibid. 1873); Les Psaumes traduits de l'hébreu en latin, analysés et annotés en français... (ibid. 1876); Les trois grands prophètes, Isaïe, Jérémie, Ezéchiel : analyses et commentaires... (ibid. 1877); Le Cantique des Cantiques, avec traduction spéciale sur l'hébreu et commentaire... (ibid. 1883).

BIBL.: Abbé Grandvaux, in L. H., Etudes bibliques, pp. IV-XXIV of the Introduction; L. Bertrand, s. V. in DB, IV, col. 162. Angelo Penna
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“LE HIR, ARTHUR-MARIE.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), p. 656. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/le-hir-arthur-marie.